Sciocoris ( Aposciocoris ) luteolus Fieber, 1861

Ghahari, Hassan, Moulet, Pierre & Rider, David A., 2014, An annotated catalog of the Iranian Pentatomoidea (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomomorpha), Zootaxa 3837 (1), pp. 1-95 : 49

Sciocoris ( Aposciocoris) luteolus Fieber, 1861

Distribution in Iran. Ardabil ( Modarres Awal 1996 b, 1997 b; Linnavuori 2008), Kerman ( Zeinoddini Memand et al. 2012, 2013), Khorasan ( Linnavuori 2008), West Azarbaijan (Linnavuori 2012), Iran (no locality cited) ( Derjanschi & Péricatrt 2005; Rider 2006).

General distribution. Sporadic in north regions of the Mediterranean basin ( Italy, Macedonia, Spain), Turkey, Near East, Central Asia extending to Afghanistan; according to Derjanschi & Péricart ( 2005) records from Europe need confirmation.

Host plants. On Hordeum sp. ( Poaceae ) ( Modarres Awal 1996 b, 1997 b), in pistachio garden ( Zeinoddini Memand et al. 2012), on Chenopodium alba , and Salsola kali (both Amaranthaceae ) ( Zeinoddini Memand et al. 2013).