Apodiphus amygdali (Germar, 1817)

Ghahari, Hassan, Moulet, Pierre & Rider, David A., 2014, An annotated catalog of the Iranian Pentatomoidea (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomomorpha), Zootaxa 3837 (1), pp. 1-95 : 31-32

Apodiphus amygdali (Germar, 1817)

Halys amygdali Germar, 1817: 284 ; Halys hellenica Lefebvre, 1831: 24 ; Halys exsculpta Burmeister, 1835: 362 .

Distribution in Iran. Alborz ( Babmorad 1993; Hoberlandt 1997; Iranipour & Johnson 2010), Ardabil ( Modarres Awal 1987), East Azarbaijan ( Wagner 1968; Hoberlandt 1997; Modarres Awal 1997a, b; Gharaat et al. 2009; Hassanzadeh et al. 2009a, b; Sadeghi et al. 2009; Khaghaninia et al. 2010a, b, 2011, 2013; Iranipour & Johnson 2010; Havaskary et al. 2012), Fars ( Miyamoto 1963; Brown 1966; Ghauri 1977; Hoberlandt 1997; Modarres Awal 1997b), Hormozgan, Markazi ( Modarres Awal 1997b), Golestan ( Wagner 1968; Ghauri 1977; Hoberlandt 1997), Guilan ( Ghauri 1977; Linnavuori 2008), Hamadan ( Ghauri 1977; Hoberlandt 1997), Isfahan ( Kiritshenko 1949, 1966; Hoberlandt 1959, 1997; Brown 1966; Wagner 1968; Modarres Awal 1997b; Samin & Asgari 2012), Kerman ( Hoberlandt 1997; Modarres Awal 1997b; Hashemi Rad et al. 2000; Iranipour & Johnson 2010; Zeinoddini Memand et al. 2012, 2013), Khorasan ( Modarres Awal 1996a, 2008; Hoberlandt 1997; Linnavuori 2008; Mehneh et al. 2010; Nateq Golestan & Modarres Awal 2012), Kordestan ( Wagner 1961; Brown 1966; Modarres Awal 1997b), Kuhgiloyeh & Boyerahmad ( Hoberlandt 1997), Mazandaran (Sakenin et al. 2008), Qazvin ( Hoberlandt 1997), Semnan ( Kiritshenko 1949; Safavi 1959; Farahbakhsh 1961; Hoberlandt 1997; Modarres Awal 1997b), Sistan & Baluchestan ( Hoberlandt 1955; Safavi 1959; Farahbakhsh 1961; Wagner 1968; Modarres Awal 1997b), Tehran ( China 1938, Safavi 1959; Farahbakhsh 1961; Ghauri 1977; Hoberlandt 1997; Modarres Awal 1997b), West Azarbaijan (Nateq Golestan 2004; Nateq Golestan et al. 2004, 2010a, b, c, 2011; Gharaat et al. 2009), Zanjan ( Askari et al. 2009), Northern Iran (no locality cited) ( Jakovlev 1877), Iran (no locality cited) ( Oshanin 1906, 1912; Rider 2006).

New data. Isfahan province: Qamsar to Ghohrood road, N33°44’ 44.4’’ – E51° 29’ 05.9’’, 5676 ft asl, 8.v.2013, J. Haxaire rec, P. Ducamps det et leg.

General distribution. North-Western Mediterranean basin from Italy, Caucasus, Central Asia, Near East.

Host plants. On almond, oriental plane ( Farahbakhsh 1961; Modarres Awal 1997b), apricot ( Farahbakhsh 1961; Modarres Awal 1997b; Askari et al. 2009; Hassanzadeh et al. 2009a; Sadeghi et al. 2009; Khaghaninia et al. 2010a, b, 2011), poplar ( Farahbakhsh 1961; Modarres Awal 1997b; Mehneh et al. 2010), Amygdalus sp. , Prunus sp. (both Rosaceae ) ( Wagner 1961; Linnavuori 2008), Tamarix sp. ( Tamaricaceae ) ( Wagner 1968; Modarres Awal 1997b; Linnavuori 2008), Platanus sp. ( Platanaceae ) ( Modarres Awal 1996a, 1997a; Linnavuori 2008), oak, tung ( Modarres Awal 1997b), Pistacia sp. ( Anacardiaceae ) ( Modarres Awal 1997b; Linnavuori 2008), Populus sp. ( Salicaceae ) ( Linnavuori 2008), Armeniaca vulgaris (Sakenin et al. 2008; Hassanzadeh et al. 2009b), shade trees ( Platanus sp. ), Pistacia sp. ( Anacardiaceae ) ( Iranipour & Johnson 2010), Prunus armeniaca , Malus domestica (both ( Malaceae ), Pistacia sp. ( Anacardiaceae ) ( Nateq Golestan & Modarres Awal 2012), Rubus sp. ( Rosaceae ), Salix sp. ( Salicaceae ) ( Nateq Golestan et al. 2011), Prunus domestica ( Rosaceae ) (Sakenin et al. 2008; Nateq Golestan & Modarres Awal 2012), in pistachio garden ( Zeinoddini Memand et al. 2012, 2013), and also on Alhagi pseudalhagi ( Fabaceae ), Peganum harmala ( Zygophyllaceae ) ( Zeinoddini Memand et al. 2013).