Acrosternum heegeri Fieber, 1861

Acrosternum heegeri Fieber, 1861; Rhaphigaster incerta signoret, 1861: 935; Rhaphigaster submarginatus Stål, 144; Acrosternum heegeri var. simulans Stichel, 1961: 646; Acrosternum heegeri var. rufata Stichel, 1961: 646 .

Distribution in Iran. Ardabil (Modarres Awal 1987; Ghahari et al. 2010a), Bushehr, Fars, Hormozgan, Khuzestan, Lorestan (Hoberlandt 1997), East Azarbaijan (Sadaghian et al. 2002; Havaskary et al. 2012), Golestan, Guilan, Mazandaran (Hoberlandt 1997; Sakenin et al. 2008; Linnavuori 2008), Kerman (Hoberlandt 1997; Zeinoddini Memand et al. 2012, 2013), Khorasan (Hoberlandt 1997; Modarres Awal 2008), Sistan & Baluchestan (Hoberlandt 1955, 1997; Seidenstücker 1957; Safavi 1959), Tehran (Seidenstücker 1957), Iran (no locality cited) (Rider 2006; Ribes & Pagola Carte 2013). According to Modarres Awal (1997b), A. heegeri is widely distributed in Iran.

General distribution. Ponto-Mediterranean (North Africa and Canary archipelago), Near East, Central Asia, Arabian Peninsula, extending to tropical Africa.

Host plants. On Prunus armeniaca ( Rosaceae), Pinus sp. ( Pinaceae) (Modarres Awal 1987), Phaseolus sp. ( Fabaceae), Peganum harmala ( Zygophyllaceae), Pistacia vera ( Anacardiaceae), Populus sp. ( Salicaceae), Salicornia sp. ( Chenopodiaceae) or Salsola sp. ( Amaranthaceae), Seidlitzia rosmarinus ( Amaranthaceae) (Modarres Awal 1997b); on various trees belonging to Cupressaceae, Fagaceae, Anacardiaceae, Araliaceae, Ranunculaceae (Dusoulier & Lupoli 2006); Xanthium occidentale (Sakenin et al. 2008), in pistachio garden (Zeinoddini Memand et al. 2012, 2013), and also on Alhagi pseudalhagi ( Fabaceae), Peganum harmala ( Zygophyllaceae) (Zeinoddini Memand et al. 2013). Also recorded on Juniperus sp. ( Cupressaceae), Eucalyptus sp. ( Myrtaceae), Euphorbia sp. ( Euphorbiaceae), Rhamnus sp. ( Rhamnaceae) (Ribes & Pagola Carte 2013).