Stenodema (Brachystira) pilosa (Jakovlev, 1889) (Figs 1B, 1C, 1O; 2O–U; 3H–I; 4E–F)

Brachytropis pilosa Jakovlev, 1889:243 .

Stenodema pilosum: Reuter, 1904a:3

Stenodema pilosa: Muminov, 1989:127; Kerzhner & Josifov, 1999:192.

Material examined. ARDABIL: Askestan Site 1 (37°28'27.8''N 48°39'27.0''E), 11.vii.2022, R. Hosseini, 3♂ / ♀ . KHORASAN-e RAZAVI, Lotfabad, 15.vi.1994, nr Parvand 70km W of Sabzevar, 4.vii.1994, R. Linnavuori, 3♂ / 1♀, and WEST AZARBAIJAN: Marangalu nr Urmiyeh, 15-17.vii.2004, R. Linnavuori, 1♂ (UGNHM) .

Diagnosis. body narrow and elongated; covered with decumbent short whitish setae; frons prolonged forward; clypeus projected; ocular index 1.7– 2♂ /2–2.2 ♀; third and fourth antennomere usually brownish; 2nd segment ♂ / ♀: 2.8–3×/ 2.3–2.5× as long as width of head; 2nd segment ♂ / ♀: 1.9–2.1×/1.5× as long as posterior width of pronotum; pronotum and scutellum punctuated; metafemora medially with a short tooth and subapically with a pair of long and short teeth; apex of left paramere slightly expanded (Fig. 2R–U); vesica with several membranous and three dentate lobes, without spicule (Fig. 2O); sclerotized rings in female genitalia moderately large and elongate oval, posterior wall with large, spinulate interramal lobes, rounded dorsal structure and indistinct median process (Fig. 3H–I); first valvulae almost triangular, ventral and dorsal margins finely serrate; second valvulae edentate (Fig. 4E–F).

General distribution. Holarctic species. Europe: Kazakhstan, Russia (Central and South European territories), Ukraine; Asia: Armenia, Azerbaijan, China (Northern, Northwestern, and Southwestern), Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Tadzhikistan, Turkey, Uzbekistan; North America: USA (Aukema, 2024; Namyatova et al., 2024).

Distribution in Iran. Ardabil (Current study), Khorasan (Linnavuori & Modarres Awal, 1999), West Azarbaijan (Linnavuori, 2009).

Comments. Collected on undergrowth grasses. In this research, Stenodema pilosa is reported for the first time from Ardabil province.