Eurygaster maura (Linnaeus, 1758)

Ghahari, Hassan, Moulet, Pierre & Rider, David A., 2014, An annotated catalog of the Iranian Pentatomoidea (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomomorpha), Zootaxa 3837 (1), pp. 1-95 : 75

Eurygaster maura (Linnaeus, 1758)

Cimex maurus Linnaeus, 1758: 441 ; Cimex cinereus Goeze, 1778: 276 ; Tetyra picta Fabricius, 1803: 136 .

Distribution in Iran. Ardabil (Ghahari et al. 2010a), East Azarbaijan ( Brown & Eralp 1962; Hoberlandt 1997; Modarres Awal 1997b; Khalilzadeh et al. 2007; Gharaat et al. 2009; Hassanzadeh et al. 2009a, b; Khaghaninia et al. 2010a, b, 2011, 2013), Golestan ( Safavi 1959; Farahbakhsh 1961; Brown & Eralp 1962; Modarres Awal 1997b), Isfahan ( Samin & Asgari 2012), Khorasan ( Linnavuori 2008; Modarres Awal 2008), Mazandaran ( Modarres Awal 1997b; Sakenin et al. 2008), Semnan (Galini et al. 2012), Tehran ( Samin et al. 2010a), West Azarbaijan ( Brown & Eralp 1962; Hoberlandt 1997), Iran (no locality cited) ( Khanjani 2006; Göllner-Scheiding 2006b).

General distribution. European, the Maghreb extending to Central Asia ( Iran, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan) and Near East.

Host plants. On barley ( Modarres Awal 1997b), wheat ( Modarres Awal 1997b; Khanjani 2006; Hassanzadeh et al. 2009a, b; Khaghaninia et al. 2010a, b, 2011), wild poaceous plants ( Modarres Awal 2008), Trifolium pretense ( Poaceae ), Myrtus communis ( Myrtaceae ) (Sakenin et al. 2008).

Comment. Numerous varieties with no taxonomic value have been described, e.g. meridionalis, rufopicta by Péneau 1911, nigricans, maculata by Mancini 1931, aequalis, granulosa, pallidus , rutilus, punctata by Wagner 1938, pallens , melanaria, rubida, umbrosa by Halászfy 1959.