Bdella muscorum Ewing, 1909

Distribution in Iran – Alborz Province: Karaj (Ueckermann et al. 2007), East Azerbaijan Province: Region not mentioned (Abbasi et al. 2016).

General distribution – United States (California, Colorado, New Mexico, Kansas, Arkansas, Tennessee, Michigan, Minnesota, Illinois, Maryland), Alaska (Point Barrow, Chandler Lake Region, Umiaat, District of Mackenzie), Germany (Ost-Holstein), Czech Republic and Iceland, Georgia, Japan, Bulgaria, Pakistan, Bohemia, Canada, Ukraine, Iran, Slovakia, China, Hungary (Atyeo 1960; Atyeo and Tuxen 1962; Gomelauri 1963; Sosnina et al. 1965; Shiba and Morikawa 1966; Lelláková-Duškova 1978; Tseng 1978; Kuznetsov and Livshits 1979; Chaudhri et al. 1979; Danks 1980; Lehman 1982; Lee et al. 1997; Lin and Zhang 2000; Ripka et al. 2005; Nakamura et al. 2006; Ueckermann et al. 2007; Kaluz 2008; Bednarskaya 2009, 2010, 2011; Abbasi et al. 2016).

Collection place(s) – Grain in storage, silos, and flour (Ueckermann et al. 2007; Abbasi et al. 2016).