Hydrometra maindroni (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Hydrometridae): first record from Iran and notes on its variability

Petr Kment¹ , Attilio Carapezza²

¹ Department of Entomology, National Museum, Cirkusová 1740, CZ-193 00 Praha 9 – Horní Počernice, Czech Republic
² University of Palermo, via Sandro Botticelli 15, 90144 Palermo, Italy
✉¹ sigara@post.cz
✉² attilio.carapezza@unipa.it

Received: 24.07.2023 / Accepted: 31.10.2023 / Published: 15.11.2023
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Abstract

Hydrometra maindroni Hungerford & Evans, 1934 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Hydrometridae: Hydrometrinae), previously known only from the Arabian Peninsula (Oman and the United Arab Emirates), is recorded for the first time from Iran (Hormozgan). The distribution of the species is reviewed.

Keywords

Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Hydrometridae, faunistics, Iran, Palaearctic Region