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).