Peirates turpis Walker, 1873

Pirates turpis Walker, 1873: 120 (as new species); Pirates (Cleptocoris) brachypterus Horváth, 1879: 148; Pirates concolor Jakovlev, 1881: 213; Pirates (Cleptocoris) moestus Reuter, 1881: 43 .

Distribution in Iran. Mazandaran (Sakenin et al. 2008).

Distribution outside Iran. China, Japan, Korea, Russia (Far East) and Oriental Region (Coscarón & Morrone 1995; Putshkov & Putshkov 1996; Aukema et al. 2013).

Comments. Coscarón & Morrone (1995) reported Peirates atromaculatus (Stål, 1870) from Iran, but it is a mistaken report because all the regions which they mentioned as Iranian localities are related to Far East (Russia). Its distribution is restricted to China, Japan, tropical Asia from India to Papua New Guinea (Coscarón & Morrone 1995; Coscarón 1997; Aukema et al. 2013).