Acrosternum arabicum Wagner, 1959

Linnavuori, Rauno E., 2012, Studies on Pyrrhocoroidea, Coreoidea and Pentatomoidea of Khuzestan and the adjacent provinces in Iran (Hemiptera: Heteroptera), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 52 (1), pp. 67-88 : 79

Acrosternum arabicum Wagner, 1959

Material studied. KHUZESTAN: near Andimeshk , 4 specimens, 5.–6.v.2007 ; Bagh Malek , 1 specimen, 9.–11.v.2007 ; Lali , 8 specimens, 6.–8.v.2007 ; near Ramhormoz , 1 specimen, 7.–9.vi.2008 ; Zeydoon, 1 specimen, 26.–28.iv.2007. FARS: Baba Arab 50 km SE Jahrom, 5 specimens, 16.–17.vi.2003 ; Estahban , 1750 m a.s.l., 4 specimens, 10.– 11.vi.1996 ; Firuzabad , 1 specimen, 14.–15.vi.2004 ; Maharlu , 6 specimens, 17.–18.vi.2002, 16.–17.vi.2008 ; near Nur Abad , 1 specimen, 21.–22.vi.2008 ; 15 km E Sarvestan , 5 specimens, 15.–16.vi.2003. ILAM: Ilam, 1 specimen, 8.–9.vi.2005 .

Comments. On shrubs on mountain slopes, river sides and gardens. Irano-Turanian, known from Greece and the Middle East.