Coridius viduatus (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 : 10

Coridius viduatus (Fabricius, 1794)

Cimex viduatus Fabricius, 1794: 117 ; Pentatoma nigroviolacea Palisot de Beauvois, 1807: 83 ; Aspongopus unicolor Herrich- Schaeffer, 1839: 93; Aspongopus melanopterus Herrich-Schaeffer, 1844: 78 ; Aspongopus niger Fieber, 1861: 330 ; Aspongopus japetus Distant, 1889: 387 ; Aspongopus assar Kirkaldy, 1899: 47 .

Distribution in Iran. Hormozgan ( Hoberlandt 1955, 1997; Safavi 1959), Khuzestan ( Safavi 1959; Farahbakhsh 1961; Modarres Awal 1997b), Mazandaran (Sakenin et al. 2008), Sistan & Baluchestan ( Hoberlandt 1955, 1997; Safavi 1959; Farahbakhsh 1961; Modarres Awal 1997b), Northern and Northwestern Iran (no locality cited) ( Safavi 1976; Modarres Awal 1997b; Derjanschi & Péricart 2005; Lis 2006b).

General distribution. Eastern Mediterranean basin, Egypt (Sinai), Lybia, Near East, Arabian Peninsula, Ethiopian Africa including, Oman.

Host plants. On melon and other truck crops ( Farahbakhsh 1961; Modarres Awal 1997b), Citrullus vulgaris ( Cucurbitaceae ) (Sakenin et al. 2008), and destroys the cultures of watermelons, cucumbers, marrows ( Derjanschi & Péricart 2005).