Peribalus (Peribalus) strictus strictus (Fabricius, 1803)

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Peribalus (Peribalus) strictus strictus (Fabricius, 1803)

Cimex strictus Fabricius, 1803: 179 : Cimex distinctus Fieber, 1861: 339 ; Peribalus distinctus var. immaculicornis Rey, 1887: 2 ; Peribalus dispar Halászfy, 1959: 58 .

Distribution in Iran. Ardabil ( Modarres Awal 1996b, 1997b, as H. strictus ), East Azarbaijan ( Havaskary et al. 2012, as H. strictus vernalis ; Sadaghian et al. 2002, as H. vernalis ), Fars, Kermanshah ( Linnavuori 2008, as H. strictus ), Kerman ( Hoberlandt 1955; Safavi 1959; Modarres Awal 1997b, as H. strictus ), Khorasan ( Modarres Awal 1996a, 1997b; Havaskary et al. 2010; Linnavuori 2012, as H. strictus ; Nateq Golestan & Modarres Awal 2012, as H. vernalis ), Kuhgiloyeh & Boyerahmad ( Hoberlandt 1997, as H. strictus ), Mazandaran (Sakenin et al. 2008, as H. strictus ; Wagner 1968; Sakenin et al. 2008, as H. vernalis ), Semnan (Linnavuori 2012, as H. strictus ; Jakovlev 1877; Oshanin 1906, 1912, as H. vernalis ), Tehran ( Kiritshenko 1966, as H. strictus ; Hoberlandt 1955; Safavi 1959; Modarres Awal 1997b, as H. vernalis ), West Azarbaijan (Nateq Golestan 2004; Nateq Golestan et al. 2004, 2010a, b, c, 2011, as H. vernalis ), Zanjan (Linnavuori 2012, as H. strictus ), Belousova 2007 (many records). Iran (no locality cited) ( China 1938, as H. vernalis ; Rider 2006, as H. strictus strictus and H. strictus vernalis ).

General distribution. Euro-Siberian species, extending to Mediterranean basin, Near East, Central Asia, and Pakistan ( Rider 2006; Belousova 2007; Aukema et al. 2013).

Host plants. On Triticum sp. ( Poaceae ) ( Modarres Awal 1996a, 1997b), Cirsium sp. ( Asteraceae ), turnip ( Modarres Awal 1997b), Chenopodium opulifolium ( Chenopodiaceae ), Lactuca scariola ( Asteraceae ), Polygonum convolvulus ( Polygonaceae ), Raphanus raphanistram , Rapistrum rugosum (both Brassicaceae ) (Sakenin et al. 2008), Circium sp. ( Asteraceae ), Rosa sp. ( Rosaceae ), Pistacia vera ( Anacardiaceae ), Vicia sp. ( Fabaceae ) ( Nateq Golestan et al. 2011), Atriplex sp. ( Amaranthaceae ), Cynodon dactylon , Hordeum vulgare (both Poaceae ), Mentha sp. ( Lamiaceae ), Rubia sp. ( Rubiaceae ) ( Nateq Golestan & Modarres Awal 2012).

Comments. Generic placement revised by Belousova (2007). Belousova (2007) also downgraded P. vernalis to subspecies of P. strictus ; Ribes et al. (2006) treated the two subspecies as synonyms (see also Aukema et al. 2013; Ribes & Pagola-Carte 2013).