Polymerus (Poeciloscytus) cognatus (Fieber, 1858)

Ghahari, Hassan & Chérot, Frédéric, 2014, An annotated catalog of the Iranian Miridae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Cimicomorpha), Zootaxa 3845 (1), pp. 1-101 : 30

Polymerus (Poeciloscytus) cognatus (Fieber, 1858)

Distribution in Iran. Ardabil (Linnavuori & Hosseini 2000; Linnavuori 2007; Havaskary et al. 2012), East Azarbaijan (Linnavuori 2009), Golestan (Heiss & Linnavuori 2002 ; Linnavuori 2007), Guilan (Linnavuori & Hosseini 2000; Linnavuori 2007), Khorasan ( Linnavuori & Modarres Awal 1999; Linnavuori & Hosseini 2000; Heiss & Linnavuori 2002 ; Havaskary et al. 2010), Kordestan (Linnavuori 2009; Ebrahimi et al. 2012), Markazi ( Arkani et al. 2011), Mazandaran (Heiss & Linnavuori 2002 ),Tehran (Linnavuori & Hosseini 2000; Linnavuori 2007), West Azarbaijan (Linnavuori 2009), Zanjan ( Linnavuori 2007), Iran (no locality cited) ( Aukema et al. 2013).

General distribution and hosts. Holopalaearctic species; observed on several plants including, Chenopodium album ( Linnavuori & Modarres Awal 1999; Linnavuori & Hosseini 2000; Linnavuori 2007), Medicago sativa , Onobrychis sativa ( Ebrahimi et al. 2012) —probably accidental records, the normal hosts belong to Chenopodiaceae—and Salsola kali (Linnavuori 2009) .