Aelia acuminata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Cimex acuminatus Linnaeus, 1758: 446; Cimex rostratus De Geer, 1773: 271; Cimex tessarophthalmus Schrank, 1781: 277; Aelia neglecta Dallas, 1851: 223; Aelia burmeisteri Küster, 1852: 393; Aelia pallida Küster, 1852: 394; Aelia rostrata Mulsant & Rey, 1866: 134 (non Boheman, 1852); Aelia turanica Horváth, 1895: 221; Aelia punctiventris Horváth, 1911: 100; Aelia acuminata var. annulipes Zangheri, 1934: 28; Aelia acuminata var. nigripes Wagner, 1938: 9; Aelia baluchistanensis Ahmad & Zaidi, 1988: 457 .

Distribution in Iran. Alborz (Safavi 1959; Farahbakhsh 1961; Hoberlandt 1997 as Aelia turanica; Samin et al. 2010a), Ardabil (Safavi 1959; Farahbakhsh 1961; Modarres Awal 1987; Linnavuori 2008), East Azarbaijan (Safavi 1959; Modarres Awal 1997b; Khalilzadeh et al. 2007; Havaskary et al. 2012), Fars (Safavi 1959; Farahbakhsh 1961; Modarres Awal 1997b; Linnavuori 2012), Golestan (Kiritshenko 1949; Hoberlandt 1997; Linnavuori 2008; Habibi Nokhandan et al. 2012), Guilan (Hoberlandt 1997 as Aelia punctiventris; Linnavuori 2008), Isfahan (Safavi 1959; Farahbakhsh 1961; Modarres Awal 1997b; Samin & Asgari 2012), Kerman (Hoberlandt 1997 as Aelia turanica), Kermanshah (Safavi 1959; Farahbakhsh 1961; Modarres Awal 1997b), Khorasan (Farahbakhsh 1961; Modarres Awal 1996a, 1997b; Linnavuori 2008; Havaskary et al. 2010; Mehneh et al. 2010), Lorestan (Safavi 1959; Farahbakhsh 1961; Modarres Awal 1997b), Markazi (Hoberlandt 1997), Mazandaran (Farahbakhsh 1961; Wagner 1968; Hoberlandt 1997; Modarres Awal 1997b; Sakenin et al. 2008; Linnavuori 2008), Qazvin (Hoberlandt 1997), Semnan (Hoberlandt 1997), Tehran (Safavi 1959; Farahbakhsh 1961; Brown 1962; Wagner 1968; Hoberlandt 1997 as Aelia turanica; Modarres Awal 1997b; Linnavuori 2008; Samin 2010), West Azarbaijan (Safavi 1959; Farahbakhsh 1961; Hoberlandt 1997; Modarres Awal 1997b; Nateq Golestan 2004; Nateq Golestan et al. 2004, 2010a, b, c, 2011), Zanjan (Linnavuori 2008), Iran (no locality cited) (Oshanin 1906, 1912; Putshkov 1965 as Aelia turanica; Derjanschi & Péricart 2005; Khanjani 2006; Rider 2006).

General distribution. Euro-Siberian.

Host plants. On barley (Farahbakhsh 1961; Modarres Awal 1997b), wild Poaceae (Farahbakhsh 1961; Modarres Awal 1996a, 1997b; Linnavuori 2008; Mehneh et al. 2010; Nateq Golestan et al. 2011), Triticum sp. ( Poaceae) (Farahbakhsh 1961; Modarres Awal 1996a, 1997b; Khanjani 2006), Medicago sativa ( Fabaceae) (Khalilzadeh et al. 2007), Xanthium stramarium ( Asteraceae), Triticum vulgare, Hordeum vulgare (both Poaceae) (Sakenin et al. 2008), Avena sp., and Triticum sativum (both Poaceae) (Nateq Golestan et al. 2010a). Mainly on Poaceae ( Festuca sp., Poa sp., Agropyrum sp., Dactylis sp., Phleum sp.), sometimes on Carex sp. ( Cyperaceae), Papaver sp. ( Papaveraceae) (Derjanschi & Péricart 2005). Aelia acuminata is a plague for agriculture and greatly destroys cereals (Derjanschi & Péricart 2005).