Piezodorus lituratus (Fabricius, 1794)

Ghahari, Hassan, Moulet, Pierre & Rider, David A., 2014, An annotated catalog of the Iranian Pentatomoidea (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomomorpha), Zootaxa 3837 (1), pp. 1-95 : 46-47

Piezodorus lituratus (Fabricius, 1794)

Cimex bilobus Gmelin, 1790: 2149 (non Schrank, 1781); Cimex lituratus Fabricius, 1794: 114 ; Pentatoma incarnatum Germar, 1822: 33 ; Pentatoma alliaceum Germar, 1824: 24 ; Pentatoma purpureipennis Hahn, 1834: 62 ; Rhaphigaster punctulatus Westwood, 1837: 31 ; Pentatoma (Rhaphigaster) purpureipennis var. griseoviridis Gorski, 1852: 101 ; Pentatoma (Rhaphigaster) purpureipennis var. rosea Gorski, 1852: 102 ; Piezodorus degeeri Fieber, 1861: 329 ; Rhaphigaster parilis Walker, 1867: 374 ; Piezodorus lituratus var. nigroscutellatum Fuente, 1975: 119 .

Distribution in Iran. Ardabil ( Modarres Awal 1996b, 1997b), East Azarbaijan (Ghahari et al. 2010a; Nikdel et al. 2011), Fars ( Kiritshenko 1966; Hoberlandt 1997; Linnavuori 2012), Golestan ( Jakovlev 1877; Wagner 1966; 1968; Heiss 2002), Guilan ( Linnavuori 2008), Khorasan ( Wagner 1966, 1968; Modarres Awal 1996a, 1997b; Nateq Golestan & Modarres Awal 2012), Mazandaran ( Hoberlandt 1959; Linnavuori 2008; Sakenin et al. 2008), West Azarbaijan ( Hoberlandt 1997; Nateq Golestan 2004; Nateq Golestan et al. 2004, 2010a, b, c, 2011), Iran (no locality cited) ( Oshanin 1906, 1912; Safavi 1959; Rider 2006).

General distribution. Palearctic except Scandinavia.

Host plants. On Medicago sativa ( Fabaceae ) ( Modarres Awal 1996a), Onobrychis sp. ( Fabaceae ) ( Modarres Awal 1996b), lucerne, sainfoin ( Fabaceae ) ( Modarres Awal 1997b), M. sativa ( Fabaceae ), Xanthium strumarium ( Asteraceae ) (Sakenin et al. 2008), Rosa sp. , Rubus sp. (both Rosaceae ) ( Nateq Golestan et al. 2011), Cyperus sp. ( Cyperaceae ), Galium sp. ( Rubiaceae ), Juncus sp. ( Juncaceae ), Lamiaceae (Linnavuori 2012) , Elaeagnus sp. ( Elaeagnaceae ) ( Nateq Golestan & Modarres Awal 2012). According to Ribes & Pagola Carte (2013), P. lituratus principally lives on Fabaceae but is also recorded on Oleaceae , Anacardiaceae , and Fagaceae .