Ventocoris (Astirocoris) fischeri (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1851)

Trigonosoma fischeri Herrich-Schaeffer, 1851: 331; Trigosoma baerensprungii Stål, 1860: 277; Trigonosoma lehmanni Fieber, 1864: 334; Trigonosoma umbrosum Jakovlev, 1882: 145; Trigonosoma confusum Kirby, 1892: 77 .

Distribution in Iran. East Azarbaijan (Khaghaninia et al. 2010a, 2011), Fars (Linnavuori 2012), Golestan (Safavi 1959; Wagner 1968; Modarres Awal 1997b), Kerman (Hoberlandt 1955, as Trigonosoma fisheri), Khorasan (Modarres Awal 1996a, 1997b; Nateq Golestan & Modarres Awal 2012), Kordestan (Wagner 1961), Tehran (Safavi 1959; Brown 1966; Hoberlandt 1955, as Trigonosoma fisheri; Modarres Awal 1997b), West Azarbaijan (Nateq Golestan, 2004; Nateq Golestan et al. 2004, 2010a, b, c, 2011), Iran (no locality cited) (Rider 2006; Péricart 2010).

General distribution. Europe (France (Corsica), Portugal), Egypt (Sinai), Near East, Caucasus, Central Asia, Sudan (Rider 2006), Turkey (Dursun & Fent 2013).

Host plants. Under Astragalus sp. ( Fabaceae) (Khaghaninia et al. 2010a, 2011; Nateq Golestan et al. 2011), on Cichorium sp. ( Asteraceae) (Nateq Golestan et al. 2011), Bunium persicum ( Apiaceae) (Nateq Golestan & Modarres Awal 2012), Triticum sp. ( Poaceae) (Modarres Awal 1996a, 1997b); also lives and feeds upon several Fabaceae ( Camelina sp., Sterigmostemum sp., Trigonella sp.) and on Asteraceae, Poaceae and Zygophyllaceae (Péricart 2010) .