Plesiovelia Tamanini, 1955

Ghahari, Hassan, Moulet, Pierre, Ostovan, Hadi & Linnavuori, Rauno E., 2013, An annotated catalog of the Iranian Dipsocoromorpha, Enicocephalomorpha, Gerromorpha, Leptopodomorpha and Nepomorpha (Hemiptera: Heteroptera), Zootaxa 3641 (4), pp. 301-342 : 311-312

Subgenus Plesiovelia Tamanini, 1955

Velia (Plesiovelia) affinis affinis Kolenati, 1857

Velia currens var. affinis Kolenati, 1857: 475 (as variety); Velia rivulorum var. ventralis Puton, 1881: 128 ; Velia nervosa Horváth, 1896: 326 ; Velia filippi anatolica Tamanini, 1951: 1 ; Velia affinis Tamanini, 1953: 134 ; Velia affinis var. obscura Tamanini, 1953: 140 .

Distribution in Iran. East Azarbaijan (Khaghaninia et al. 2010a, b), Fars (Hoberlandt 1955; Wagner 1961; Ostovan & Arefnia 2011; Linnavuori 2009), Golestan (Heiss 2002), Hormozgan (Lindberg 1941; Linnavuori 2004), Kermanshah (Tamanini 1952; Sakenin et al. 2010, Samin et al. 2011 as V. affinis filippii ), Khorasan (Linnavuori & Modarres Awal 1998), Semnan (Horváth 1896; Linnavuori 2009), Sistan & Baluchestan (Hoberlandt 1955), Tehran (Hoberlandt 1955; Kiritshenko 1966), Zanjan (Askari et al. 2009), widely distributed in Iran (Linnavuori & Hosseini 2000).

General distribution. Irano-Turanian.

Comments. Velia (Plesiovelia) affinis filippii Tamanini, 1947 is known in the Adriatic Region ( Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, former Yugoslavia) and adjacent areas like Armenia and Turkey. Velia (Plesiovelia) affinis marussii Tamanini, 1957 is restricted to Afghanistan, Pakistan, and NW Indian (Andersen 1995).

Velia (Plesiovelia) caprai caprai Tamanini, 1947

Velia caprai Tamanini, 1947: 42 (as new species).

Distribution in Iran. Kordestan (Sakenin et al. 2010; Samin et al. 2011).

General distribution. European known in Central Asia, Turkey, Algeria.

Velia (Plesiovelia) mancinii lyciae Tamanini, 1955

Velia mancinii lyciae Tamanini, 1955: 41 (as new subspecies).

Distribution in Iran. Fars (Ostovan & Arefnia 2011), Isfahan (Wagner 1961), Khorasan (Modarres Awal 2008 as V. mancinii mancinii Tamanini, 1947 ).

General distribution. Asian Turkey, Iran (Andersen 1995; Fent et al. 2011).

Comments. The distribution of Velia mancinii mancinii Tamanini, 1947 is restricted to Adriatic Region ( Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, former Yugoslavia) and European Russia; therefore the identification by Modarres Awal (2008) is probably a misidentification.

Velia (Plesiovelia) mariae Tamanini, 1971

Velia helenae Tamanini, 1970: 31 (as new species); Velia mariae Tamanini, 1971: 77 (new name).

Distribution in Iran. Hamadan (Samin et al. 2011).

General distribution. Turkey (Andersen 1995; Fent et al. 2011).