Sciocoris (Parasciocoris) convexiusculus Puton, 1874

Ghahari, Hassan, Moulet, Pierre & Rider, David A., 2014, An annotated catalog of the Iranian Pentatomoidea (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomomorpha), Zootaxa 3837 (1), pp. 1-95 : 53

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scientific name	Sciocoris (Parasciocoris) convexiusculus Puton, 1874
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Sciocoris convexiusculus Puton, 1874: 439 ; Sciocoris scutellaris K. Schmidt, 1939: 365 ; Sciocoris sahlbergi Wagner, 1952: 78 ; Sciocoris clypeatus Stichel, 1961: 745 ; Sciocoris (Parasciocoris) schmidti Wagner, 1965: 146 .

Distribution in Iran. Alborz, Fars, Hormozgan, Kerman, Sistan & Baluchestan, Tehran ( Hoberlandt 1997), Iran (no locality cited) ( Derjanschi & Péricart 2005; Rider 2006).

General distribution. North Africa, Near East, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Turkey.

Host plants. Collected on Matricaria aurea (Asteracaea) , Stachys sp. (Lamiaceaea).

Comments. Sciocoris convexiusculus is attracted by lights ( Derjanschi & Péricart 2005).

References

Derjanschi, V. & Pericart, J. (2005) Hemipteres Pentatomoidea euro-mediterraneens. Vol. 1: Generalites. Systematique. Premiere Partie. Faune de France, 90. F. F. S. S. N. ed., Paris. 494 pp.

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.

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. (1965) Die taxonomische Bedeutung des Baues der Genitalien des Maanchens bei der Gattung Sciocoris Fallen, 1829 (Hem., Het., Pentatomidae). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae, 36, 91 - 167.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Hemiptera
SuperFamily	Pentatomoidea
Family	Pentatomidae
SubFamily	Pentatominae
Tribe	Sciocorini
Genus	Sciocoris
SubGenus	Parasciocoris