Orthotylus (Melanotrichius) turcmenorum Putshkov, 1976

Synonym: Orthotylus (Melanotrichius) rudbaricus (Linnavuori, 1997) (synonymy by Linnavuori & Moddares Awal 1999).

Distribution in Iran. Guilan (Linnavuori 1997; Kerzhner & Josifov 1999; Hosseini et al. 2000 under the junior synonym O. (M.) rudbaricus), Khorasan (Linnavuori & Modarres Awal 1999), Semnan (Ghahari et al. 2011 under the junior synonym O. (M.) rudbaricus), Zanjan (Linnavuori 2007).

General distribution and hosts. Species known from Asian part of Turkey, Iran and Turkmenistan, observed on Dendrostellera lesserti (Linnavuori 2007) and Hibiscus syriacus (Malvaceae) (Ghahari et al. 2011).