Peribalus (Peribalus) strictus strictus (Fabricius, 1803)

Cimex strictus Fabricius, 1803: 179: Cimex distinctus Fieber, 1861: 339; Peribalus distinctus var. immaculicornis Rey, 1887: 2; Peribalus dispar Halászfy, 1959: 58 .

Distribution in Iran. Ardabil (Modarres Awal 1996b, 1997b, as H. strictus), East Azarbaijan (Havaskary et al. 2012, as H. strictus vernalis; Sadaghian et al. 2002, as H. vernalis), Fars, Kermanshah (Linnavuori 2008, as H. strictus), Kerman (Hoberlandt 1955; Safavi 1959; Modarres Awal 1997b, as H. strictus), Khorasan (Modarres Awal 1996a, 1997b; Havaskary et al. 2010; Linnavuori 2012, as H. strictus; Nateq Golestan & Modarres Awal 2012, as H. vernalis), Kuhgiloyeh & Boyerahmad (Hoberlandt 1997, as H. strictus), Mazandaran (Sakenin et al. 2008, as H. strictus; Wagner 1968; Sakenin et al. 2008, as H. vernalis), Semnan (Linnavuori 2012, as H. strictus; Jakovlev 1877; Oshanin 1906, 1912, as H. vernalis), Tehran (Kiritshenko 1966, as H. strictus; Hoberlandt 1955; Safavi 1959; Modarres Awal 1997b, as H. vernalis), West Azarbaijan (Nateq Golestan 2004; Nateq Golestan et al. 2004, 2010a, b, c, 2011, as H. vernalis), Zanjan (Linnavuori 2012, as H. strictus), Belousova 2007 (many records). Iran (no locality cited) (China 1938, as H. vernalis; Rider 2006, as H. strictus strictus and H. strictus vernalis).

General distribution. Euro-Siberian species, extending to Mediterranean basin, Near East, Central Asia, and Pakistan (Rider 2006; Belousova 2007; Aukema et al. 2013).

Host plants. On Triticum sp. ( Poaceae) (Modarres Awal 1996a, 1997b), Cirsium sp. ( Asteraceae), turnip (Modarres Awal 1997b), Chenopodium opulifolium ( Chenopodiaceae), Lactuca scariola ( Asteraceae), Polygonum convolvulus ( Polygonaceae), Raphanus raphanistram, Rapistrum rugosum (both Brassicaceae) (Sakenin et al. 2008), Circium sp. ( Asteraceae), Rosa sp. ( Rosaceae), Pistacia vera ( Anacardiaceae), Vicia sp. ( Fabaceae) (Nateq Golestan et al. 2011), Atriplex sp. ( Amaranthaceae), Cynodon dactylon, Hordeum vulgare (both Poaceae), Mentha sp. ( Lamiaceae), Rubia sp. ( Rubiaceae) (Nateq Golestan & Modarres Awal 2012).

Comments. Generic placement revised by Belousova (2007). Belousova (2007) also downgraded P. vernalis to subspecies of P. strictus; Ribes et al. (2006) treated the two subspecies as synonyms (see also Aukema et al. 2013; Ribes & Pagola-Carte 2013).