An annotated catalog of the Iranian Dipsocoromorpha, Enicocephalomorpha, Gerromorpha, Leptopodomorpha and Nepomorpha (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) Author Ghahari, Hassan Author Moulet, Pierre Author Ostovan, Hadi Author Linnavuori, Rauno E. text Zootaxa 2013 3641 4 301 342 journal article 43631 10.11646/zootaxa.3641.4.1 c8d0d7ef-0294-49d6-9601-b67ad0683e06 1175-5326 217065 5A7D0FB4-A976-4BF9-A3F1-65A09D4D6762 Subgenus Picaultia Distant, 1913 Microvelia ( Picaultia ) macani Brown, 1953 Microvelia hozari macani Brown, 1953: 584 (as new subspecies); Microvelia perexigua Linnavuori, 1960: 54 ; Microvelia macani Linnavuori, 1986: 38 . Distribution in Iran . Guilan (Linnavuori & Hosseini 2000), Hormozgan (Linnavuori 2004), Khuzestan (Linnavuori 2009). General distribution. Eremian, occurring in the Arabian Peninsula, Israel , Iraq , and Iran (Andersen 1995; Linnavuori et al . 2011). Comments. Collected at light traps in Guilan (Linnavuori & Hosseini, 2000); in biotopes with Juncus sp. ( Juncaceae ), Phragmites sp. (Poaeceae), and sedges (Linnavuori 2009). The genus Picaultia Distant was synonymized with Microvelia by China & Usinger (1949), but its subgeneric status was reinstated by Andersen & Weir (2003).