Amnestus raunoi J. A. Lis, 1998

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

Amnestus raunoi J. A. Lis, 1998

Material studied. GILAN: Sume-eh Sara, J holotype, 2 paratypes, 4.-5.viii.1994 ; Anzali , 4 specimens, 30.viii.- - 1.ix.1998 ; Dasht-e-Veel , 2 specimens, 20.-25.viii.1998 ; Rasht , numerous specimens, iv.-vi.1995, vi.-viii.1996, viii.-ix.1998, ix.2000 ; Seravan , several specimens, 4.-6.ix.2000 .

Comments. At light in gardens, near rice fields and in deciduous mountain forests. Endemic. A very unique find, since the genus Amnestus Dallas, 1851 , has been known only from the New World, except for one uncertain species – A. pusio (Stål, 1860) – from Madagascar (see LIS 1998).