Aelia rostrata Boheman, 1852

Cimex acuminatus Panzer, 1796: 32 (non Linnaeus, 1758); Aelia acuminata Hahn, 1833: 120 (non Linnaeus, 1758); Aelia rostrata Boheman, 1852: 50; Aelia cognata Fieber, 1868: 470; Aelia rostrata var. glebana Ferrari, 1874: 126; Aelia syriaca Horváth, 1903: 403; Aelia glebana var. confusa Kirkaldy, 1909: 78; Aelia brunnea Halászfy, 1955: 367; Aelia eminealkanata Lodos, 1959: 798 .

Distribution in Iran. Ardabil (Modarres Awal 1987), East Azarbaijan (Brown 1962; Modarres Awal 1997b; Khalilzadeh et al. 2007; Gharaat et al. 2009; Hassanzadeh et al. 2009a, b; Khaghaninia et al. 2010a, b, 2011, 2013), Fars, Kuhgiloyeh & Boyerahmad (Hoberlandt 1997), Guilan (Brown 1962), Isfahan, Sistan & Baluchestan (Safavi 1959; Farahbakhsh 1961; Modarres Awal 1997b), Khorasan (Modarres Awal 1996a, 1997b, 2008; Nateq Golestan & Modarres Awal 2012), Qazvin (Safavi 1959; Farahbakhsh 1961), Tehran (Safavi 1959; Farahbakhsh 1961; Modarres Awal 1997b), West Azarbaijan (Modarres Awal 1997b; Gharaat et al. 2009), Zanjan (Modarres Awal 1997b; Askari et al. 2009), Iran (no locality cited) (Khanjani 2006; Rider 2006).

General distribution. Euro-Siberian.

Host plants. On wild Poaceae (Farahbakhsh 1961; Modarres Awal 1997b; Khalilzadeh et al. 2007; Modarres Awal 2008, Askari et al. 2009; Hassanzadeh et al. 2009a; Khaghaninia et al. 2010a, b, 2011), barley (Farahbakhsh 1961; Modarres Awal 1997b), wheat (Farahbakhsh 1961; Modarres Awal 1996a, 1997b; Khanjani 2006; Hassanzadeh et al. 2009b), Pyrethrum sp. ( Asteraceae) (Nateq Golestan & Modarres Awal 2012); it is a plague for cultivated cereals.