Oplistochilus contestor (Kiritshenko, 1966)

Linnavuori, Rauno E., 2008, Studies on the Acanthosomatidae, Scutelleridae and Pentatomidae (Heteroptera) of Gilan and the adjacent provinces in northern Iran, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 48 (1), pp. 1-21 : 18

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5342454

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scientific name

Oplistochilus contestor (Kiritshenko, 1966)
status

 

Oplistochilus contestor (Kiritshenko, 1966)

Material examined. KHORASAN: Can Chiroc 50 km S of Tabas, 1 specimen, 17.v.1994 ; Tabas , 1 specimen, 16.- 18.v.1994 .

Comments. In hilly steppes. Endemic for Iran. The generic status of Sternodontus contestor Kiritshenko, 1966 , was recently revised by GAPON (2007b) and the species was transfered to Oplistochilus Jakovlev, 1887 .

GAPON D. A. 2007 b: A new combination for Sternodontus contestor Kiritshenko, 1966 (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae). Zoosystematica Rossica 16: 31 - 32.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

Genus

Oplistochilus