Stenodema (Stenodema) turanica Reuter, 1904

Stenodema turanicum Reuter, 1904a:23; Wagner, 1974:112.

Stenodema turanica: Muminov, 1989:127; Kerzhner & Josifov, 1999:196.

Material examined. ARDABIL: Majareh Site 3 (37°33'57.6"N 48°36'25.2"E), 5.vii.2021, R. Hosseini, 2♂ / ♀ ; GUILAN: PirKooh Site 3 (36°50'23.0"N 50°01'11.7"E), 16.vii.2022, R. Hosseini, 1♂ .

General distribution. Irano-Turanian species; Europe: Albania?, Bulgaria!, Greece, Crete, Macedonia, Russia (Dagestan); Asia: Armenia, Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, China (Northern and Northwestern), Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Russia (Eastern and Western Siberia), Tadzhikistan, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Uzbekistan (Aukema, 2024).

Distribution in Iran. Ardabil (Linnavuori, 2007; Hosseini, 2013), East Azarbaijan (Modarres Awal, 1997a; Khalilzadeh, 2008; Linnavuori, 2009; Sadeghi et al., 2009; Khaghaninia et al., 2010a, 2010b, 2011), Fars (Kiritshenko, 1966; Linnavuori, 2009), Golestan (Heiss & Linnavuori, 2002), Guilan (Linnavuori, 2007; Hosseini, 2013), Ilam (Linnavuori, 2009), Isfahan (Linnavuori, 2009), Kerman (Wagner, 1968; Modarres Awal, 1997c), Kermanshah (Linnavuori, 2009), Khorasan (Wagner, 1957; Modarres Awal, 1997b; Linnavuori & Modarres Awal, 1999), Kordestan (Ebrahimi et al., 2012), Kuhgiloyeh and Boyerahmad (Linnavuori, 2009), Markazi (Modarres Awal, 1997c; Arkani et al., 2011), Semnan (Kiritshenko, 1949), Sistan and Baluchestan (Modarres Awal, 1997c), Tehran (Hoberlandt, 1955; Linnavuori, 2007), West Azarbaijan (Linnavuori, 2009), Zanjan (Linnavuori, 2007; Askari et al., 2009).

Comments. Collected on numerous plants, including Medicago sativa (Modarres Awal, 1997a; Khalilzadeh, 2008; Khaghaninia et al., 2010b, 2011), Mentha sp. (Khaghaninia et al., 2010b, 2011), sugarbeet (Askari et al., 2009), Tamarix sp. (Modarres Awal, 1997c), Trifolium sp. (Ebrahimi et al., 2012) and Triticum sp. (Modarres Awal, 1997b; Ebrahimi et al., 2012).