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

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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).