Solenoxyphus punctipennis (Reuter, 1879)

Linnavuori, Rauno E., 2010, Studies on the Miridae (Phylinae, addenda to Deraeocorinae and Orthotylinae) of Khuzestan and the adjacent provinces of Iran (Hemiptera: Heteroptera), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 50 (2), pp. 369-414 : 395

Solenoxyphus punctipennis (Reuter, 1879)

Material examined. KHUZESTAN: near Ahvaz, several specimens, 29.iv.–1.v.2007 ; Bandar – Mashahr , 1 specimen, 12.–13.vi.2006 ; Shadegan , 1 specimen, 20.–21.iv.2007 ; Zeydoon, several specimens, 26.–28.iv.2007. BUSHEHR: Ab Pakhsh, several specimens, 25.–26.iv.2007 ; near Bandar-e-Genaveh, several specimens, 23.–24.iv.2003. FARS: Maharlu, several specimens, 17.–18.vi.2002. MARKAZI: Saveh, 1 specimen, 8.–9.vi.2002. WEST AZERBAIJAN: Bitas 20 km S of Mahaba, 2 specimens, 19.–20.vii.2004 ; Nushin Sar near Urumiyeh, many specimens, 25.–26.vii.2006.

Comments. In gardens, steppes and meadows in the coastal area of the Persian Gulf in Bushehr, in date-palm gardens and river valleys with Phragmites and other grasses, Artemisia and Astragalus spp. Irano-Turanian species.