Ancyrosoma leucogrammes (Gmelin, 1789)

Cimex albolineatus Fabricius, 1781: 342 (preoccupied); Cimex leucogrammes Gmelin, 1789: 2131 (new name for C. albolineatus); Cimex nervosus Cyrillus, 1791: 6; Trigonosoma affine Westwood, 1837: 12; Sternodontus obtusus Horváth, 1888: 186 (non Mulsant & Rey, 1856); Ancyrosoma tuberculatum de Bergevin, 1908: 278 .

Distribution in Iran. East Azarbaijan (Hoberlandt 1997; Khaghaninia et al. 2010a, b, 2011, 2013), Fars (Hoberlandt 1959, 1997), Golestan (Kiritshenko 1949; Hoberlandt 1997), Guilan, Khorasan (Linnavuori 2008), Hormozgan, Kerman, Mazandaran, Sistan & Baluchestan (Hoberlandt 1997), Tehran (Hoberlandt 1955; Safavi 1959; Iranipour 1996; Samin 2010), Zanjan (Hoberlandt 1997; Linnavuori 2008; Askari et al. 2009).

General distribution. Mediterranean basin, Caucasus and Central Asia extending to Siberia and Mongolia .

Host plants. Often A. leucogrammes lives on Apiaceae ( Caucalis sp., Tordilium sp., Torilis sp., Daucus sp., Laser sp.).