Macroscytus brunneus (Fabricius, 1803)

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 : 88-89

Macroscytus brunneus (Fabricius, 1803)

Material studied. Several specimens: GILAN: Parudbar, 29.-30.vii.2003, 25.-26.vii.2004 ; Rustam Abad – Salan Sar, 6.-8.v.2001; Sang Rud, 19.-20.viii.2002. ZANJAN: 8-15 km W of Gilvan , 31.vii.-1.viii.2004 ; Jilan Keshe, 9.- - 13.x.2000; Mamalan – Abbar, 20.-21.vii.2002. TEHRAN: Karadj, 12.-13.vii.2002. KHORASAN: Feyzabad, 10.v.1996 ; near Kashmar, 22.-23.vi.1994; Lotfabad, 15.vi.1994; Mashhad, vi.-vii.1994.

Comments. At light in gardens, hilly steppes and forests. Holomediterranean, with a wide distribution in Middle Asia and the Ethiopian and Oriental regions.