Atomophora maculosa erato Linnavuori, 1971

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 : 376

Atomophora maculosa erato Linnavuori, 1971 stat. restit.

Material examined. FARS: Fasa, Mianjangal, 1 J, 17.–18.vi.2008.

Comments. Collected at light in an agricultural research station. The nominotypical subspecies is known to live on Calligonum sp. Atomophora maculosa erato is endemic, known only from Iranshar in Baluchistan. It differs from A. maculosa maculosa Reuter, 1903 by a smaller size (length 3.5 mm; nominotypical subspecies 4.0– 4.25 mm). The nominotypical subspecies is known from Central Asia as well as from the Khorasan province in Iran (LIN- NAVUORI & MODARRES 1999). KONSTANTINOV (2000) synonymized A. maculosa erato with A. maculosa maculosa . However, I have not seen any intermediates in the Iranian material, the specimens from Khorasan being typical for the nominotypical subspecies. The situation should be resolved by a study of many specimens from different areas.