Brachynema signatum Jakovlev, 1879

Ghahari, Hassan, Moulet, Pierre & Rider, David A., 2014, An annotated catalog of the Iranian Pentatomoidea (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomomorpha), Zootaxa 3837 (1), pp. 1-95 : 39

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3837.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5537410
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scientific name	Brachynema signatum Jakovlev, 1879
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Brachynema signatum Jakovlev, 1879: 37 ; Brachynema turanicum Horváth, 1889: 173 ; Brachynema signatum var. immaculiscutum Kiritshenko, 1922: 9 .

Distribution in Iran. Golestan ( Hoberlandt 1997; Linnavuori 2008), Kerman ( Modarres Awal 1997b as Brachynema segetum Jakovlev ; Zeinoddini Memand et al. 2012, 2013), Markazi, Sistan & Baluchestan ( Hoberlandt 1997; Ribes & Pagola Carte 2013), West Azarbaijan (Linnavuori 2012), Iran (no locality cited) ( Rider 2006; Modarres Awal 1997b).

General distribution. Caucasus ( Azerbaijan, Asian Kazakhstan, Georgia, Iran, Turkmenistan), northwestern China, southern Russia.

Host plants. In pistachio garden ( Modarres Awal 1997b; Zeinoddini Memand et al. 2012, 2013) and on Phaseolus sp. ( Fabaceae ), Peganum harmala (Zygophyllaceae) , Salsola sp. ( Salsolaceae ) or Salicornia sp. ( Chenopodiaceae ), Seidlitzia rosmarinus (Amaranthaceae) ( Modarres Awal 1997b as Brachynema segetum Jakovlev ), Alhagi sp. ( Fabaceae ), Salsola sp. ( Salsolaceae ), Peganum sp., Zygophyllum sp. (both Zygophyllaceae ) ( Zeinoddini Memand et al. 2013); recorded on Salsolaceae (Ribes & Pagola Carte 2013) .

Comments. Brachynema puncticornis Reuter was recorded by Ghahari et al. (2009a) from rice fields in northern Iran. This was an erroneous name in place of Brachynotocoris puncticornis Reuter, 1889 (Miridae) , which will be listed in the catalogue of Iranian Miridae .