Rhaphigaster nebulosa (Poda, 1761)

Ghahari, Hassan, Moulet, Pierre & Rider, David A., 2014, An annotated catalog of the Iranian Pentatomoidea (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomomorpha), Zootaxa 3837 (1), pp. 1-95 : 45

Rhaphigaster nebulosa (Poda, 1761)

Cimex nebulosus Poda, 1761: 56 ; Cimex baccarum Scopoli, 1763: 123 (non Linnaeus, 1758); Cimex atomarius Fabricius, 1775: 712 ; Cimex sagittifer Goeze, 1778: 274 ; Cimex interstinctus Schrank, 1781: 273 (non Linnaeus, 1758); Cimex lentiginosus Gmelin, 1790: 2135 ; Cimex griseus Fabricius, 1794 (non Linnaeus, 1758); Cimex punctipennis Illiger, 1807: 372 ; Cimex nigrovarius Gravenhorst, 1807: 348 ; Pentatoma stigmatica Palisot de Beauvois, 1811: 128; Menida fusca Moltschulsky, 1861: 23 ; Rhaphigaster nebulosa var. impunctata Garbiglietti, 1869: 52 .

Distribution in Iran. Alborz ( Babmorad 1993; Hoberlandt 1997), Ardabil ( Modarres Awal 1987, 1996b, 1997b; Linnavuori 2008), East Azarbaijan ( Wagner 1968; Modarres Awal 1997a, b; Nikdel et al. 2011), Fars (Linnavuori 2012), Golestan ( Jakovlev 1877; Heiss 2002), Guilan ( Linnavuori 2008), Khorasan ( Modarres Awal 2008; Nateq Golestan & Modarres Awal 2012), Lorestan ( Hoberlandt 1955; Safavi 1959; Farahbakhsh 1961; Modarres Awal 1997b), Mazandaran ( Hoberlandt 1955, 1997; Safavi 1959; Farahbakhsh 1961; Sakenin et al. 2008), Qazvin ( Hoberlandt 1997), Tehran ( Hoberlandt 1955, 1997; Safavi 1959; Farahbakhsh 1961; Wagner 1968; Modarres Awal 1997b; Heiss 2002; Linnavuori 2008), West Azarbaijan (Nateq Golestan 2004; Nateq Golestan et al. 2004, 2010a, b, c, 2011), Zanjan ( Safavi 1959; Farahbakhsh 1961; Modarres Awal 1997b; Linnavuori 2008), Southern Iran (no locality cited) ( Modarres Awal 1997b), Iran (no locality cited) ( Oshanin 1906; Hoberlandt 1961; Rider 2006; Ribes & Pagola Carte 2013).

General distribution. Europe except Great Britain and Scandinavia, Maghreb, Near East, Caucasus, Central Asia, Pakistan.

Host plants. On elm, oriental plane ( Farahbakhsh 1961; Modarres Awal 1997b), Populus sp. ( Salicaceae ) ( Farahbakhsh 1961; Modarres Awal 1997b; Nateq Golestan et al. 2011; Nateq Golestan & Modarres Awal 2012), Malus sp. ( Malaceae ) ( Modarres Awal 1996b), apple ( Modarres Awal 1997b), Crataegus sp. ( Malaceae ), Platanus sp. ( Platanaceae ) ( Heiss 2002), Populus nigra (Salicaceae) , Quercus macranthera (Fagaceae) , Sorghum halepense (Poaceae) , Ulmus minor (Ulmaceae) (Sakenin et al. 2008), Prunus domestica (Rosaceae) ( Nateq Golestan et al. 2011; Nateq Golestan & Modarres Awal 2012). Also on Fagaceae , Salicaceae , Corylaceae ( Dusoulier & Lupoli 2006) , on several Rosaceae , Anacardiaceae (Ribes & Pagola Carte 2013) .