Sciocoris (Sciocoris) cursitans (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 : 53

Sciocoris (Sciocoris) cursitans (Fabricius, 1794)

Naucoris cursitans Fabricius, 1794: 67 ; Cimex terreus Schrank, 1801: 75 ; Cydnus umbrinus Fallén, 1807: 54 (non Wolff, 1804); Sciocoris umbrinus Fallén, 1829: 21 (non Wolff, 1804); Sciocoris cursitans var. transita Stichel, 1924: 202 ; Sciocoris cursitans var. vilarsi Stichel, 1924: 202 ; Sciocoris cursitans var. holopunctatus Jordan, 1947: 103 ; Sciocoris cursitans var. transversovittata Jordan, 1953: 4 ; S ciocoris pallidicornis Wagner, 1954: 78 ; Sciocoris (Sciocoris) rubropunctatus Fuente, 1972: 89 .

Distribution in Iran. Ardabil ( Modarres Awal 1987), East Azarbaijan ( Modarres Awal 1997b), Guilan ( Linnavuori 2008), West Azarbaijan (Nateq Golestan 2004; Nateq Golestan et al. 2004, 2010a, b, c, 2011), Iran (no locality cited) ( Rider 2006).

General distribution. Euro-Siberian.

Host plants. On cereals ( Modarres Awal 1997b), in meadows, under stone and crucibles ( Nateq Golestan et al. 2010a); collected on numerous Ericaceae , Hypericaceae , Lamiaceae ( Derjanschi & Péricart 2005) .