Eysarcoris ventralis (Westwood, 1837)

Ghahari, Hassan, Moulet, Pierre & Rider, David A., 2014, An annotated catalog of the Iranian Pentatomoidea (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomomorpha), Zootaxa 3837 (1), pp. 1-95 : 30

Eysarcoris ventralis (Westwood, 1837)

Pentatoma ventralis Westwood, 1837: 36 ; Pentatoma ventralis var. pallidicornis Wetwood, 1837: 36 ; Pentatoma inconspicuum Herrich-Schaeffer, 1844: 93 ; Pentatoma pusillus A. Costa, 1847: 24 (non Herrich-Schaeffer, 1833); Eysarcoris distactus Dallas, 1851: 226 ; Eysarcoris misellus S tål, 1854: 217; Eyarcoris helferi Fieber, 1861: 332 ; Stollia rectipes Ellenrieder, 1862: 150 ; Eysarcoris epistomalis Mulsant & Rey, 1866: 177 ; Eysarcoris mayeti Mulsant & Rey, 1872: 99 ; Eusarcoris pseudoaeneus Jakovlev, 1869: 117 ; Eysarcoris inconspicuus var. simplex Puton, 1881: 76 , Eusarcoris scutellaris Jakovlev, 1885: 112 ; Eusarcoris egenus Jakovlev, 1900: 521 ; Eusarcoris sindellus Distant, 1902: 168 ; Eusarcoris schmidti Jakovlev, 1902: 600 ; Eysarcoris inconspicuus var. kwanvonensis Yang, 1934: 129 ; Eysarcoris tangens Stichel, 1961: 564 ; Eysarcoris confusus Fuente, 1972: 96 ; Eysarcoris uniformis Fuente, 1972: 97 ; Eysarcoris hispalensis Fuente, 1972: 99 ; Eysarcoris luisae Fuente, 1972: 101 .

Distribution in Iran. Ardabil, Zanjan ( Linnavuori 2008), Bushehr, Khuzestan ( Hoberlandt 1997; Linnavuori 2012), East Azarbaijan ( Hoberlandt 1997; Modarres Awal 1997a; Farshbaf Pour-Abad 2000; Ghahari et al. 2010a; Havaskary et al. 2012), Fars ( Hoberlandt 1997; Safavi 1959; Modarres Awal 1997b, Linnavuori 2012); Golestan ( Jakovlev 1877; Hoberlandt 1955, 1997; Modarres Awal 1997b, Linnavuori 2008), Guilan ( Seidenstücker 1957; Wagner 1961, 1968; Hoberlandt 1997; Linnavuori 2008), Hormozgan ( Hoberlandt 1955, 1997; Kiritshenko 1966; Linnavuori 2004; Sakenin et al. 2008), Kerman ( Wagner 1961; Hoberlandt 1997), Khorasan ( Modarres Awal 1996a, 1997b; Linnavuori 2008; Havaskary et al. 2010; Mehneh et al. 2010), Markazi ( Modarres Awal 1997b), Lorestan ( Safavi 1959), Mazandaran ( Hoberlandt 1955; 1997; Wagner 1968; Modarres Awal 1997b; Linnavuori 2008; Sakenin et al. 2008), Sistan & Baluchestan ( Kiritshenko 1966; Hoberlandt 1997; Safavi 1959; Modarres Awal 1997b), Tehran ( Hoberlandt 1955, 1997; Safavi 1959; Modarres Awal 1997b; Linnavuori 2008), West Azarbaijan (Nateq Golestan 2004; Nateq Golestan et al. 2004, 2010a, b, c, 2011 as Eysarcoris inconspicuus Herrich-Schaeffer ; Linnavuori 2012), Iran (no locality cited) ( Oshanin 1906, 1912; Rider 2006).

General distribution. Palearctic, tropical Africa, Hawaii.

Host plants. On Centaurea sp. ( Asteraceae ), Chenopodium sp. ( Chenopodiaceae ), Salix sp. ( Salicaceae ) ( Modarres Awal 1996a), Vitis vinifera (Vitaceae) ( Modarres Awal 1996a, 1997b; Sakenin et al. 2008), alfalfa ( Modarres Awal 1997a), Tamarix sp. ( Tamaricaceae ) ( Modarres Awal 1997b), Poaceae ( Linnavuori 2008) also in alfalfa fields ( Farshbaf Pour-Abad 2000) and on Triticum aestivum (Poaceae) , Verbascum sp. ( Scrophulariaceae ) ( Nateq Golestan et al. 2011).