Eurydema (Rubrodorsalium) dominulus (Scopoli, 1763)

Ghahari, Hassan, Moulet, Pierre & Rider, David A., 2014, An annotated catalog of the Iranian Pentatomoidea (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomomorpha), Zootaxa 3837 (1), pp. 1-95 : 60

Eurydema (Rubrodorsalium) dominulus (Scopoli, 1763)

Cimex dominulus Scopoli, 1763: 124 ; Cimex cordiger Goeze, 1778: 277 ; Pentatoma fimbriolatum Germar, 1836: 9 ; Pentatoma pulchra Westwood, 1837: 31 ; Eurydema lhesgicum Kolenati, 1846: 28 ; Eurydema daurica Motschulsky, 1860: 502 ; Strachia minuscula Walker, 1867: 348 ; Strachia festiva var. albiventris Jakovlev, 1876: 105 ; Eurydema dominulus var. albovariata Reuter, 1891: 177 ; Eurydema dominulus var. confluens Reuter, 1910: 74 ; Eurydema dominulus var. schirmeri Schumacher, 1911: 673 ; Eurydema dominulus var. immaculata Stichel, 1924: 202 ; Eurydema lhesgicum var. sibirica Stichel, 1961: 617 .

Distribution in Iran. Iran (no locality cited) ( Rider 2006).

General distribution. Palearctic, Indian subcontinent.

Comments. Eurydema dominulus lives in various biotopes both in meadows and mountains. It feeds upon very numerous Brassicaceae and sometimes (at least in Russia) on cultivated ones ( Derjanschi & Péricart 2005).