Notostira elongata (Geoffroy, 1785)

Cimex elongatus Geoffroy, 1785:208

Notostira elongata: Wagner, 1957:1; Kerzhner, 1964:959 (key); Wagner, 1974: 117; Golub, 1978:1360.

Material examined. ARDABIL: Majareh Site 3 (37°33'57.6"N 48°36'25.2"E), 5.vii.2021, R. Hosseini, 2 ♂ / ♀ ; Majareh Site 4 (37°33'59.3"N 48°36'26.3"E) 27.vi.2022, R. Hosseini, 16 ♂ / ♀ .

General distribution. Transpalaearctic species. Europe: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Belarus, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Moldavia, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine; North Africa: Algeria, Morocco; Asia: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Lebanon, Kazakhstan, Kirgyzstan, Turkey, Russia (Aukema, 2024).

Distribution in Iran. Ardabil (Modarres Awal, 1987; Linnavuori, 2007; Hosseini, 2013), East Azarbaijan (Modarres Awal, 1997c; Hassazadeh et al., 2009; Gharaat et al., 2009; Khaghaninia et al., 2013), Khorasan (Modarres Awal, 1997b), Tehran (Linnavuori, 2007).

Remarks. Collected by sweeping in a mixture of grasses ( Poaceae) and from Medicago sativa (Fig. 5C–D).