Graphosoma (Graphosoma) semipunctatum (Fabricius, 1775)

Cimex semipunctatus Fabricius, 1775: 698; Graphosoma wilsoni A. White, 1839: 540; Scutellera semipunctata var. persica Ferrari, 1874: 120; Graphosoma semipunctatum var. decipiens Ferrari, 1982: 551; Graphosoma semipunctatum var. pallidum de Bergevin, 1909: 45; Graphosoma semipunctatum var. melanicum de Bergevin, 1909: 46; Graphosoma semipunctatum var. subaequale Horváth, 1909: 145; Graphosoma semipunctatum var. anceps Horváth, 1909: 145; Graphosoma creticum Horváth, 1909: 147; Graphosoma creticum var. hemistica Horváth, 1909: 148; Graphosoma semipunctatum var. furciferum Royer, 1909: 210; Graphosoma semipunctatum var. incompletum Fuente, 1918: 236; Graphosoma semipunctatum var. uniserriatum Fuente, 1925: 517; Graphosoma semipunctatum var. contexta Hoberlandt, 1939: 59; Graphosoma semipunctatum var. confluens Hoberlandt, 1939: 59; Graphosoma semipunctatum var. balcanica, Hoberlandt, 1939: 59; Graphosoma semipunctatum var. confuta Hoberlandt, 1939: 60 .

Distribution in Iran. Alborz (Lindberg 1938; Hoberlandt 1939; Hoberlandt 1959), East Azarbaijan (Hoberlandt 1997; Modarres Awal 1997b), Fars (Hoberlandt 1955, 1997; Safavi 1959; Modarres Awal 1997b; Linnavuori 2012), Golestan (Heiss 2002), Guilan (Linnavuori 2008), Hormozgan, Kerman (Seidenstücker 1958; Kiritshenko 1966; Hoberlandt 1997), Hormozgan (Kiritshenko 1966; Wagner 1968), Isfahan (Bagheri & Nasr Isfahani 2011 as Graphosuma [sic] criticum L.; Samin & Asgari 2012), Khorasan (Modarres Awal 1997b; Modarres Awal 2008; Mehneh et al. 2010; Nateq Golestan & Modarres Awal 2012), Markazi (Hoberlandt 1955; Safavi 1959; Modarres Awal 1997b), Mazandaran (Hoberlandt 1997; Sakenin et al. 2008), Qazvin (Hoberlandt 1955; Safavi 1959), Semnan (Kiritshenko 1966; Kalaii et al. 2013), Tehran (Steidenstücker 1957; Safavi 1959; Modarres Awal 1997b; Hoberlandt 1997), West Azarbaijan (Nateq Golestan 2004; Nateq Golestan et al. 2010a, b, 2011), Zanjan (Modarres Awal 1997b; Askari et al. 2009), Iran (no locality cited) (Ferrari 1874; Horváth 1903; Safavi 1959; Modarres Awal 1997b; Yarmand et al. 2002; Rider 2006).

General distribution. Mediterranean Basin, Black Sea Region, Central Asia.

Host plants. On Apiaceae (Heiss 2002; Dusoulier & Lupoli 2006; Linnavuori 2008), Amaranthus albus ( Amaranthaceae), Euphorbia glomerifera ( Euphorbiaceae), Rumex conglomerateus ( Polygonaceae) (Sakenin et al. 2008), Apiaceae plants (Nateq Golestan et al. 2010a), Asteraceae (Nateq Golestan et al. 2011), Pimpinella anisum ( Apiaceae) (Nateq Golestan & Modarres Awal 2012).