Sciocoris (Sciocoris) sulcatus Fieber, 1851

Ghahari, Hassan, Moulet, Pierre & Rider, David A., 2014, An annotated catalog of the Iranian Pentatomoidea (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomomorpha), Zootaxa 3837 (1), pp. 1-95 : 55

Sciocoris (Sciocoris) sulcatus Fieber, 1851

Sciocoris sulcatus Fieber, 1851: 451 ; Sciocoris angustipennis Mulsant & Rey , 852: 81; Sciocoris lautus Horváth, 1903: 400 ; Sciocoris atticus Horváth, 1907: 293 ; Sciocoris sulcatus var. cypria Lindberg, 1948: 90 .

Distribution in Iran. Ardabil ( Modarres Awal 1996b, 1997b), East Azarbaijan (Gharaat et al. 2009), Fars ( Wagner 1968), Khorasan ( Nateq Golestan & Modarres Awal, 2012), Kerman ( Hoberlandt 1997), Tehran ( Linnavuori 2008), West Azarbaijan (Nateq Golestan 2004; Nateq Golestan et al. 2004, 2010a, b, c, 2011; Gharaat et al. 2009), Iran (no locality cited) ( Rider 2006).

General distribution. Mediterranean basin (except Egypt and Libya), extending to Central Asia ( Tadjikistan, Turkmenistan).

Host plants. On Poaceae ( Modarres Awal 1996b, 1997b), under stone and crucibles ( Nateq Golestan et al. 2010a), under Artemisia sp. ( Asteraceae ) ( Nateq Golestan & Modarres Awal, 2012); collected on Scabiosa ucranica ( Asteraceae ) in Ukraina ( Derjanschi & Péricart 2005).