Coriomeris denticulatus (Scopoli, 1763)

Cimex denticulatus Scopoli, 1763: 125 (as new species); Cimex spinosulus Sulzer, 1776: 98; Cimex spinisomarginatus Goeze, 1778: 242; Cimex fimbriatus Geoffroy in Fourcroy, 1785: 202; Cimex immaculatus Gmelin, 1790: 2147; Cimex spiniger Schreckenstein, 1802: 52; Coreus pilicornis Burmeister, 1835: 309; Coreus wolfi Gorski, 1852: 148; Coriomeris denticulatus var. granulatus Cerutti, 1937: 169 .

Distribution in Iran. Ardabil (Linnavuori 2007; Ghahari et al. 2010c), East Azarbaijan (Ghahari et al. 2010c), Guilan, Semnan (Linnavuori 2007), Isfahan (Linnavuori 2012), Kermanshah (Samin et al. 2011; Sakenin et al. 2010), Mazandaran (Wagner 1968).

General distribution. Europe, Near East, Transcaucasia, the Maghreb.

Comments. On Asteraceae, Boraginaceae, Fabaceae, Lamiaceae (Linnavuori 2007) . This species was recorded on more than 20 plants and also is known to suck little dead vertebrates (Moulet 1995).