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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Ventocoris
(
Astirocoris
)
achivus
(Horváth, 1889)
Trigonosoma
(
Selenodera
)
falcatum
var.
achivum
Horváth, 1889: 44
.
Distribution in
Iran
.
Tehran (
Hoberlandt 1955
,
Safavi 1959
;
Modarres Awal 1997b
, all misidentified as
Trigonosoma
/
Ventocoris falcatum
);
Iran
(no locality cited) (
Rider 2006
).
General distribution.
Greece
,
Egypt
(Sinai) and the Near East, Caucasus and Central Asia.
Host plants.
Lives on
Erucaria
sp. (
Brassicaceae
) (
Péricart 2010
).
Comments.
Previous records of
V. falcatus
(Cyrillus, 1791)
from
Greece
,
Egypt
and Asia belong to this species (
Rider 2006
; Dursun & Fent 2013).