Camptopus lateralis (Germar, 1817)

Linnavuori, Rauno E., 2007, Studies on the Piesmatidae, Berytidae, Pyrrhocoridae, Stenocephalidae, Coreidae, Rhopalidae, Alydidae, Cydnidae, and Plataspidae (Heteroptera) of Gilan and the adjacent provinces in northern Iran, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 47, pp. 77-91 : 87

Camptopus lateralis (Germar, 1817)

Material studied. Many specimens: GILAN: Darreh Dasht , 29.v.- 20.vi.1995 ; Deylaman , 10.-20.vii.1996 ; Jirandeh ,26.- - 27.vii.2002 ; Lowshan , 17.ix.2000 ; Manjil , 26.vi.1996 ; Masuleh , 3.vii.1996, 4.-5.viii.2002 ; Parudbar , 29.-30.vii.2003, 27.-28.vi.2005 ; Tutkabon – Rudbar, 26.v.-8.vii.1996. ARDABIL: Firuzabad , 5.viii.2002, 22.vii.2004 ; near Khalkhal , 9.-11.viii.1998 ; Khalkhal – Kivi , 22.vii.-4.viii.1996 ; near Kivi , 8.vii.-11.viii.2002 ; Rowyan, 16.-17.vii.2003. ZANJAN: near Gilvan , 20.-21.vii.2002 ; Mamalan – Abbar , 20.-21.vii.2002 ; 20-25 km E of Zanjan, 13.vii.2004. MAZANDARAN: Chalus , 12.-13.vii.2003 ; Hassan Abad, 15.-16.vii.2002. GOLESTAN: Alagol , 12.-13.vii.2003 ; Gilankesh , 15 km NW of Gilvan, 26.-27.vi.2004 ; 25 km W of Gonbad-e-Qavus , 22.-23.vii.2003 ; Inche Borun, Alagol , 4.-5.vii.2004 ; near Maraveh, 21.vii.2005. TEHRAN: Azad Bar , 8.-10.vii.1995 ; Kordan , 1.-4.vii.2002. SEMNAN: Kharghan 20 km W of Shahrud, 16.-17.vii.2003 ; Shahrud – Rowyan , 3.-4.vii.2004 .

Comments. In hilly steppes and forests. In Golestan also in wet and salty meadows. Occurring e.g. on Fabaceae and Asteraceae . Holomediterranean, extending to Central Europe, the Middle East, Middle Asia, and the Oriental region.