Chroantha ornatula (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1842)

Ghahari, Hassan, Moulet, Pierre & Rider, David A., 2014, An annotated catalog of the Iranian Pentatomoidea (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomomorpha), Zootaxa 3837 (1), pp. 1-95 : 40

Chroantha ornatula (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1842)

Cimex ornatulus Herrich-Schaeffer, 1842: 93 ; Cimex notatus Klug, 1845 [sign. d], Pentatoma humeros Dalllas, 1851: 240 ; Poecilocoris scitulus Jakovlev, 1877: 83 ; Chroantha hataska Kirkaldy, 1899: 47 .

Distribution in Iran. Alborz ( Hoberlandt 1955, 1997; Safavi 1959; Farahbakhsh 1961), Bushehr (Linnavuori 2012), East Azarbaijan ( Modarres Awal 1997b), Fars ( Safavi 1959; Farahbakhsh 1961; Hoberlandt 1997; Modarres Awal 1997b), Golestan ( Jakovlev 1877; Oshanin 1906; Heiss 2002), Guilan, Zanjan ( Linnavuori 2008), Hormozgan ( Safavi 1959; Farahbakhsh 1961; Wagner 1961, 1968; Hoberlandt 1997; Modarres Awal 1997b; Linnavuori 2004), Kerman ( Seidenstücker 1958; Safavi 1959; Farahbakhsh 1961; Wagner 1961, 1968; Hoberlandt 1997; Modarres Awal 1997b; Hashemi Rad et al. 2000), Khorasan ( Wagner 1961, 1968; Modarres Awal 1996a, 1997b; Hoberlandt 1997; Linnavuori 2008; Mehneh et al. 2010; Nateq Golestan & Modarres Awal 2012), Khuzestan ( Seidenstücker 1958; Hoberlandt 1997; Linnavuori 2012), Markazi ( Hoberlandt 1997; Modarres Awal 1997b), Mazandaran ( Hoberlandt 1997; Sakenin et al. 2008), Qazvin ( Hoberlandt 1997; Linnavuori 2008), Qom ( Safavi 1959; Farahbakhsh 1961; Hoberlandt 1997), Semnan ( Jakovlev 1877; Farahbakhsh 1961; Modarres Awal 1997b; Linnavuori 2008), Sistan & Baluchestan ( Hoberlandt 1955, 1997; Seidenstücker 1957; Safavi 1959; Kiritshenko 1966; Wagner 1961, 1968; Modarres Awal 1997b), Tehran ( Hoberlandt 1997; Modarres Awal 1997b), Iran (no locality cited) ( China 1938; Hoberlandt 1961; Rider 2006; Ribes & Pagola Carte 2013).

New data. Isfahan province: near Ghohrood, N 33°36’22.7’’ – E 51°22’39.9’’, 29.iv.2013, J. Haxaire rec, P. Ducamps det et leg.

General distribution. Afghanistan ( Hoberlandt 1984), Western Mediterranean (Maghreb, Portugal, Spain), North Africa, Pontic Region, Central Asia, Near East, Arabic region, Sudan.

Host plants. On sugar-beet ( Farahbakhsh 1961; Modarres Awal 1997b), Suaeda sp. ( Chenopodiaceae ) ( Heiss 2002; Linnavuori 2008; Ribes & Pagola Carte 2013), Chenopodiaceae as Atriplex sp. ( Chenopodiaceae ) and Salsola sp. ( Salsolaceae ) ( Linnavuori 2004; Ribes & Pagola Carte 2013), Hibiscus syriacus ( Malvaceae ) (Sakenin et al. 2008), Artemisia sp. ( Asteraceae ) ( Nateq Golestan & Modarres Awal 2012); on Zygophyllum sp. ( Zygophyllaceae ) in salty biotopes (Ribes & Pagola Carte 2013).