(Fig. 14E)

Material examined. 17 ÔÔ 19 ♀♀: Alborz Prov.: 1 Ô 2 ♀♀, Tâleghân, Sabzân, 1550 m, 30.viii.–1.ix.1996, Badii, Barâri, Sarafrâzi leg.; Bushehr Prov.: 1 ♀, Borâzjân, Darvâh, 50 m, 22.–23.xii.1999, Badii, Mofidi-Neyestânak leg.; Golestân Prov.: 10 ÔÔ 8 ♀♀, Golestân National Park, Tang-e Gol, 720 m, 29, 30.x.1998, Manzari, Moghaddam, N. Nazari leg., 1 ♀, Gorgân, Aliâbâd, Kabudwâl, 200 m, 22.viii.1983, Borumand, Pâzuki leg.; Hormozgân Prov.: 1 Ô, Hâjiâbâd, 1140 m, 25.iv.1996, Ardeh, Badii, V. Nazari leg.; Kermân Prov.: 1 Ô, Sirjân, 1700 m, 23.iv.1986, Mirzâyâns, Borumand leg.; Kermânshâh Prov.: 1 Ô, Eslâmâbâd-e Gharb, Châhârzebar, 1600 m, 1.vii.1972, Mirzâyâns, Abâi leg., 1 Ô 1 ♀, Eslâmâbâd-e Gharb, Sorkheh Dizeh, 1600 m, 2.vii.1972, Mirzâyâns, Abâi leg.; Kohgiluyeh and Boyerahmad Prov.: 1 Ô, 30 km Yâsuj, Kushk, 2200 m, 12.vi.1972, Ebert, Pâzuki leg.; Lorestân Prov.: 1 Ô, Andimeshk- Pol-e Dokhtar Rd., 335 m, 7.v.1975, Pâzuki, Borumand leg.; West Âzarbâijân Prov.: 1 ♀, Orumiyeh-Ghâsemloo Rd., 1140 m, 24.vii.1976, Pâzuki, Borumand leg., 3 ♀♀, Râzhân, 30 km SW Orumiyeh, 1650 m, 24.vii.1976, Pâzuki, Borumand leg., 2 ♀♀, 15 km NE Sardasht, 23.vi.1975, Abâi leg.

Distribution. This species is native in tropics and subtropics including Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, India, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Central and S America and Cuba. It is also reported as an immigrant in S Sweden, S Belgium and Crimea. Residency of this species in the Canary Islands, Turkey, Armenia and Cyprus is not clear (Slamka 2013). This species is also reported from Iran including Bushehr (Bushehr), Fars (Cherom and Shiraz), Hormozgan (Sarzeh), and Khuzestan (Ahwaz) Provinces (Amsel 1949, 1961).

Genus Maruca Walker, 1859