An annotated catalog of the Iranian Pentatomoidea (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomomorpha)
Author
Ghahari, Hassan
Author
Moulet, Pierre
Author
Rider, David A.
text
Zootaxa
2014
3837
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.3837.1.1
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Troilus luridus
(Fabricius, 1775)
Cimex luridus
Fabricius, 1775: 701
;
Cimex serrulatus
O
.F. Müller, 1776: 105
;
Cimex dentatus
Schrank, 1781: 268
;
Cimex beryllinus
Gmelin, 1790: 2148
;
Cimex elector
Fabricius, 1794: 98
;
Cimex serratus
Hahn, 1826: 3
;
Pentatoma sublurida
Westwood, 1837: 41
;
Troilus luridus
var.
angusta
Reuter, 1881
: 156
.
Distribution in
Iran
.
East Azarbaijan (
Hoberlandt 1997
), Northern
Iran
(no locality cited) (
Mohaghegh 2006
),
Iran
(no locality cited) (
Rider 2006
;
Mohaghegh 2008
).
General distribution.
Euro-Siberian (not in South of
France
, south of
Italy
and
Spain
),
Burma
,
India
.
Comments.
A predator which lives on numerous trees and feeds upon caterpillars and soft-bodied larvae of several insects. The eggs of
T. luridus
are destroyed by
Microphanurus semistriatus
(Nees)
(
Hymenoptera
: Proctotrupoidea) (
Péricart 2010
).