Acrosternum breviceps (Jakovlev, 1889)

Ghahari, Hassan, Moulet, Pierre & Rider, David A., 2014, An annotated catalog of the Iranian Pentatomoidea (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomomorpha), Zootaxa 3837 (1), pp. 1-95 : 42

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scientific name	Acrosternum breviceps (Jakovlev, 1889)
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Nezara breviceps Jkovlev, 1889: 323 ; Nezara sahlbergi Reuter, 1900: 236 ; Nezara satunini Jakovlev, 1903: 290 ; Nezara (Acrosternum) bactriana Kiritshenko, 1912: 382 .

Distribution in Iran. Ardabil ( Modarres Awal 1996b, 1997b), East Azarbaijan ( Modarres Awal 1997a; Havaskary et al. 2012), Fars, Khuzestan (Linnavuori 2012), Guilan, Zanjan ( Linnavuori 2008), Hormozgan ( Wagner 1968), Isfahan ( Hoberlandt 1997), Khorasan ( Modarres Awal 1996a, 1997b, 2008; Linnavuori 2008), Mazandaran (Sakenin et al. 2008), Tehran ( Wagner 1968; Linnavuori 2008), Iran (no locality cited) ( Rider 2006; Ribes & Pagola Carte 2013).

General distribution. Asia from Asian part of Turkey, Caucasus, central Asia and Saudi Arabia.

Host plants. On Pinus sp. ( Pinaceae ) ( Modarres Awal 1996b, 1997b; Sakenin et al. 2008), Verbena officinalis ( Verbenaceae ) (Sakenin et al. 2008), alfalfa ( Mehneh et al. 2010). Also, in Azerbaijan lives on shrubs, in wet meadows, on halophytes or on cotton ( Gossypium spp. ) ( Malvaceae ) (Ribes & Pagola Carte 2013).

References

Havaskary, M., Farshbaf Pour-Abad, R., Kazemi, M. H. & Rafeii, A. (2012) A contribution to the stink bugs from Khodafarin, NW Iran (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae: Pentatominae). Munis Entomology & Zoology, 7 (1), 607 - 616.

Hoberlandt, L. (1997) Results of the Czechoslovak-Iranian entomological expeditions to Iran 1970, 1973 and 1977; Heteroptera: Acanthosomatidae, Cydnidae, Scutelleridae, Pentatomidae. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae, 44 (1995), 181 - 293.

Linnavuori, R. E. (2008) Studies on the Acanthosomatidae, Scutelleridae and Pentatomidae (Heteroptera) of Gilan and the adjacent provinces in northern Iran. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae, 48 (1), 1 - 21.

Mehneh, A. H., Modarres Awal, M. & Rahimi, M. (2010) Introduction Pentatomids bugs (Pentatomidae: Pentatominae and Scutellerinae) from Mashhad region and urban (Khorasan Razavi province) and their distribution. Munis Entomology & Zoology, 5, supplement, 977 - 981.

Modarres Awal, M. (1996 b) Studies on some Cimicomorpha and Pentatomorpha (Het.) fauna in Ardabil province. Journal of Agricultural Science & Technology, University of Mashhad, 10 (1), 102 - 112. [in Persian, English summary]

Modarres Awal, M. (1996 a) Studies on some Pentatomorpha (Heteroptera) fauna in north of Khorasan province. Journal of Agricultural Science & Technology, University of Mashhad, 9 (2), 121 - 144. [in Persian, English summary]

Modarres Awal, M. (1997 b) Family Pentatomidae (Heteroptera), pp. 76 - 81. In: Modarres Awal, M. (ed.), List of agricultural pests and their natural enemies in Iran. Ferdowsi University Press, 429 pp.

Modarres Awal, M. (1997 a) Determination of some fauna of Cimicomorpha and Pentatomorpha (Het.) in Tabriz area. Journal of Agricultural Sciences, University of Tabriz, 7 (3 & 4), 43 - 56. [in Persian, English summary]

Modarres Awal, M. (2008) Contribution to Heteroptera fauna of Khorasan Razavi province of Iran. Turkiye Entomoloji Dernegi, 32 (4), 243 - 253.

Reuter, O. M. (1900) Heteroptera palaearctica nova vel minus cognita. I. Ofversigt af Finska Vetenskaps-Societetens Forhandlingar, 42, 209 - 239.

Rider, D. A. (2006) Family Pentatomidae. In Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region. Volume 5. Pentatomomorpha II. The Netherlands Entomological Society, Amsterdam, xiii + 550 pp. [Article: 233 - 402].

Wagner, E. (1968) Contribution a la Faune de l'Iran. 7. Hemipteres Heteropteres (pro parte). Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France (Nouvelle serie), 4, 437 - 453.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Hemiptera
SuperFamily	Pentatomoidea
Family	Pentatomidae
SubFamily	Pentatominae
Tribe	Pentatomini
Genus	Acrosternum