Palomena prasina (Linnaeus, 1761)

Ghahari, Hassan, Moulet, Pierre & Rider, David A., 2014, An annotated catalog of the Iranian Pentatomoidea (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomomorpha), Zootaxa 3837 (1), pp. 1-95 : 43-44

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scientific name	Palomena prasina (Linnaeus, 1761)
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Cimex prasinus Linnaeus, 1761: 249 ; Cimex viridis totus De Geer, 1773: 266 ; Cimex roseus O.F. Müller, 1776: 105 ; Cimex viridis Harris, 1780: 88 ; Cimex dissimilis Fabricius, 1781: 354 View in CoL ; Cimex discolor Wolff, 1811: 183 ; Pentatoma juniperina Tigny, 1828: 325 (non Linnaeus, 1758); Palomena viridissima Mulsant & Rey, 1866: 277 (non Poda, 1761); Palomena prasina var. rhododactyla Horváth, 1883: 23 .

Distribution in Iran. Ardabil ( Modarres Awal 1987), East Azarbaijan ( Modarres Awal 1997b, Gharaat et al. 2009; Hassanzadeh et al. 2009a, b; Nikdel et al. 2011), Guilan ( Wagner 1968; Hoberlandt 1997; Linnavuori 2008), Khorasan ( Linnavuori 2008; Modarres Awal 2008; Mehneh et al. 2010), Mazandaran (Sakenin et al. 2008), West Azarbaijan (Nateq Golestan 2004; Nateq Golestan et al. 2004, 2010a, b, c, 2011), Iran (no locality cited) ( Modarres Awal 1997b; Rider 2006; Ribes & Pagola Carte 2013).

General distribution. Euro-Siberian.

Host plants. In hilly forests on deciduous trees such as Carpinus sp. ( Betulaceae ), Populus sp. ( Salicaceae ), Quercus sp. ( Fagaceae ) ( Linnavuori 2008), on Corchorus olitorius ( Tiliaceae ), Euphorbia geniculata (Euphorpbiaceae), Tribulus terrestris ( Zygophyllaceae ) (Sakenin et al. 2008), Rosa sp. ( Rosaceae ) ( Nateq Golestan et al. 2011); on numerous herbs of the families Poaceae , Asteraceae , Urticaceae , Scrophulariaceae , Rhamnaceae (Ribes & Pagola Carte 2013) .

Comments. Trissolcus semistriatus (Nees) ( Hymenoptera : Scelionidae ) destroys the eggs of P. prasina ; adults and nymphs are prey for Astata spp. ( Hymenoptera : Crabonidae), Enoplognatha spp. (Aranea: Theridiidae ) and Rhynocoris spp. (Heteroptera: Reduviidae ). Also Gymnosoma rotundatum Linnaeus and Alophora bonapartei Rond. ( Diptera : Tachinidae ) are known endoparasites of P. prasina (Ribes & Pagola Carte 2013) .

References

Hassanzadeh, M., Farshbaf Pourabad, R. & Shayesteh, N. (2009 a) An investigation on some Heteroptera in Marand region (Iran). Munis Entomology & Zoology, 4 (1), 19 - 24.

Hassanzadeh, M., Farshbaf Pourabad, R., Gharaat, M. A. & Beykpor, A. R. (2009 b) A study on the Heteroptera fauna of Shend Abad region and environ (Iran). Munis Entomology & Zoology, 4 (2), 527 - 530.

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. (1987) Collecting and determining of the fauna of Heteroptera in Ardabil area and research station of University of Tabriz in Moghan. Journal of the Entomological Society of Iran, 9 (1 - 2), 15 - 28 (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. (2008) Contribution to Heteroptera fauna of Khorasan Razavi province of Iran. Turkiye Entomoloji Dernegi, 32 (4), 243 - 253.

Nateq Golestan, M., Safaralizadeh, M. H. & Sarafrazi, A. M. (2011) Faunistic study on Pentatomid bugs (Hem., Heteroptera) in West Azarbaijan province, Iran. Journal of Entomological Research, 2 (4), 319 - 328. [in Persian, English summary]

Nikdel, M., Dordaei, A. A. & Matocq, A. (2011) Faunistic study on Hemiptera in Arasbaran area (East Azarbaijan province, Iran). Munis Entomology & Zoology, 6 (1), 389 - 395.

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.