Macrolophus melanotoma (A. Costa, 1853)

Synonym: Macrolophus caliginosus Wagner, 1951 (synonymy by Carapezza 1995).

Distribution in Iran. Alborz (Linnavuori 2007), Fars (Linnavuori 2009; Zarei et al. 2012), Golestan (Ghahari 2013), Guilan (Linnavuori 2007; Hosseini 2013b), Ilam (Linnavuori 2009), Khorasan (Linnavuori & Modarres Awal 1999), Khuzestan (Linnavuori 2009), Mazandaran (Moazeni et al. 2012 under the junior synonym M. caliginosus Wagner, 1951), West Azarbaijan (Linnavuori 2009), Zanjan (Linnavuori 2007), Iran (no locality cited) (Aukema et al. 2013).

General distribution and prey. Holomediterranean species. Predator of greenhouse whitefly, Trialeurodes vaporariorum Westwood ( Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) (Moazeni et al. 2012).