Sciocoris (Aposciocoris) macrocephalus Fabricius, 1852

Sciocoris macrocephalus Fieber, 1851: 443; Sciocoris basalis Fieber, 1851: 447; Sciocoris europaeus Amyot & Serville, 1862: 375; Sciocoris conspurcatus Mulsant & Rey, 1866: 92 (non Klug, 1845).

Distribution in Iran. Kermanshah (Sakenin et al. 2010; Samin et al. 2011a), Tehran (Linnavuori 2008), Iran (no locality cited) (Aukema et al. 2013).

General distribution. Euro-Siberian extending to China and Mongolia .

Host plants. Sciocoris macrocephlus has been collected on Achillea sp., Matricaria sp. (both Asteraceae), Salvia sp. ( Lamiaceae), several Fabaceae (Derjanschi & Péricart 2005), and on Scabiosa sp., Knautia sp. (both Dipsacaceae) in France (Dusoulier & Lupoli 2006).