Ceraleptus gracilicornis (Herrish-Shaffer, 1833)

Coreus gracilicornis Herrich-Schaeffer, 1835: pl. 5 (as new species); Coreus gracilicornis Rambur, 1839: 132 (junior primary homonym); Arenocoris tibialis Westwood, 1842: 25 .

Distribution in Iran. Ardabil (Hoberlandt 1989), East Azarbaijan (Sadeghi et al. 2009; Khaghaninia et al. 2010a, b, 2011; Nikdel et al. 2011), Guilan (Hosseini & Linnavuori 2002; Linnavuori 2007), Mazandaran (Hoberlandt 1989), Zanjan (Askari et al. 2009), northern Iran (no locality cited) (Jakovlev 1877).

General distribution. Holo-Mediterranean, known from most of European countries (except the extreme north), North Africa, Near East and Transcaucasia.

Comments. On Fabaceae and Lamiaceae (Linnavuori 2007), Cirsium spp. (Khaghaninia et al. 2011). Also, out of Iran was recorded on Celastraceae, Fagaceae, Rhamnaceae, and Rosaceae (Moulet 1995) .