Leptopterna ferrugata (Fallén, 1807)

Miris ferrugatus Fallén, 1807:107

Leptopterna ferrugata: Reuter, 1875:14; Kerzhner, 1964:961; Wagner, 1974:107; Vinokurov, 1982:109.

General distribution. Europe: Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia Hercegovina, Bulgaria, Belarus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey (European part), Ukraine; Asia: Turkey (Asian part), West and East Siberia; North America: USA (Alaska) and Canada (Yukon & Northwest Territories) (Scudder & Schwartz, 2001; Aukema, 2024).

Distribution in Iran. This species was previously recorded from East Azarbaijan (Khaghaninia et al., 2011).

Comments. The presence of L. ferrugata in Iran is doubtful and should be verified through an analysis of the East Azarbaijan specimens studied by Khaghaninia et al. (2011) (Aukema et al., 2013).