Graphosoma (Graphosoma) semipunctatum (Fabricius, 1775)

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Graphosoma (Graphosoma) semipunctatum (Fabricius, 1775)

Cimex semipunctatus Fabricius, 1775: 698 ; Graphosoma wilsoni A. White, 1839: 540 ; Scutellera semipunctata var. persica Ferrari, 1874: 120 ; Graphosoma semipunctatum var. decipiens Ferrari, 1982: 551 ; Graphosoma semipunctatum var. pallidum de Bergevin, 1909: 45 ; Graphosoma semipunctatum var. melanicum de Bergevin, 1909: 46 ; Graphosoma semipunctatum var. subaequale Horváth, 1909: 145 ; Graphosoma semipunctatum var. anceps Horváth, 1909: 145 ; Graphosoma creticum Horváth, 1909: 147 ; Graphosoma creticum var. hemistica Horváth, 1909: 148 ; Graphosoma semipunctatum var. furciferum Royer, 1909: 210 ; Graphosoma semipunctatum var. incompletum Fuente, 1918: 236 ; Graphosoma semipunctatum var. uniserriatum Fuente, 1925: 517 ; Graphosoma semipunctatum var. contexta Hoberlandt, 1939: 59 ; Graphosoma semipunctatum var. confluens Hoberlandt, 1939: 59 ; Graphosoma semipunctatum var. balcanica, Hoberlandt, 1939: 59 ; Graphosoma semipunctatum var. confuta Hoberlandt, 1939: 60 .

Distribution in Iran. Alborz ( Lindberg 1938; Hoberlandt 1939; Hoberlandt 1959), East Azarbaijan ( Hoberlandt 1997; Modarres Awal 1997b), Fars ( Hoberlandt 1955, 1997; Safavi 1959; Modarres Awal 1997b; Linnavuori 2012), Golestan ( Heiss 2002), Guilan ( Linnavuori 2008), Hormozgan, Kerman ( Seidenstücker 1958; Kiritshenko 1966; Hoberlandt 1997), Hormozgan ( Kiritshenko 1966; Wagner 1968), Isfahan ( Bagheri & Nasr Isfahani 2011 as Graphosuma [sic] criticum L.; Samin & Asgari 2012), Khorasan ( Modarres Awal 1997b; Modarres Awal 2008; Mehneh et al. 2010; Nateq Golestan & Modarres Awal 2012), Markazi ( Hoberlandt 1955; Safavi 1959; Modarres Awal 1997b), Mazandaran ( Hoberlandt 1997; Sakenin et al. 2008), Qazvin ( Hoberlandt 1955; Safavi 1959), Semnan ( Kiritshenko 1966; Kalaii et al. 2013), Tehran (Steidenstücker 1957; Safavi 1959; Modarres Awal 1997b; Hoberlandt 1997), West Azarbaijan (Nateq Golestan 2004; Nateq Golestan et al. 2010a, b, 2011), Zanjan ( Modarres Awal 1997b; Askari et al. 2009), Iran (no locality cited) ( Ferrari 1874; Horváth 1903; Safavi 1959; Modarres Awal 1997b; Yarmand et al. 2002; Rider 2006).

General distribution. Mediterranean Basin, Black Sea Region, Central Asia.

Host plants. On Apiaceae ( Heiss 2002; Dusoulier & Lupoli 2006; Linnavuori 2008), Amaranthus albus ( Amaranthaceae ), Euphorbia glomerifera ( Euphorbiaceae ), Rumex conglomerateus ( Polygonaceae ) (Sakenin et al. 2008), Apiaceae plants ( Nateq Golestan et al. 2010a), Asteraceae ( Nateq Golestan et al. 2011), Pimpinella anisum ( Apiaceae ) ( Nateq Golestan & Modarres Awal 2012).