Eurydema (Eurydema) ornata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Ghahari, Hassan, Moulet, Pierre & Rider, David A., 2014, An annotated catalog of the Iranian Pentatomoidea (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomomorpha), Zootaxa 3837 (1), pp. 1-95 : 58

Eurydema (Eurydema) ornata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Cimex ornatus Linnaeus, 1758: 446 ; Cimex festivus Linnaeus, 1767: 723 ; Pentatoma pictum Herrich-Schaeffer, 1833: 12 ; Pentatoma decoratum Herrich-Schaeffer, 1833: 14 ; Strachia herbacea Hahn, 1835: 13 (non Herrich-Schaeffer, 1833); Strachia pustulata Fieber, 1837: 152 .

Distribution in Iran. Alborz ( Lindberg 1938; Safavi 1959; Wagner 1968), Ardabil ( Wagner 1968; Modarres Awal 1987; Linnavuori 2008), East Azarbaijan ( Modarres Awal 1997a, b; Sadaghian et al. 2002; Gharaat et al. 2009; Hassanzadeh et al. 2009a; Sadeghi et al. 2009; Khaghaninia et al. 2010b, 2011, 2013; Nikdel et al. 2011; Havaskary et al. 2012), Fars ( Safavi 1959; Hoberlandt 1997; Modarres Awal 1997b; Linnavuori 2012), Golestan ( Kiritshenko 1911, 1949; Jakovlev 1877; Safavi 1959; Wagner 1968; Hoberlandt 1997; Modarres Awal 1997b; Heiss 2002; Linnavuori 2008; Habibi Nokhandan et al. 2012), Guilan ( Hoberlandt 1997; Linnavuori 2008), Hormozgan ( Hoberlandt 1959), Ilam ( Kment & Jindra 2008), Isfahan ( Wagner 1968; Hoberlandt 1997; Samin & Asgari 2012), Kerman ( Kiritshenko 1949; Seidenstücker 1958; Safavi 1959; Wagner 1968; Hoberlandt 1997; Modarres Awal 1997b), Khorasan ( Wagner 1968; Modarres Awal 1996a, 1997b; Linnavuori 2008; Kment & Jindra 2008; Mehneh et al. 2010; Nateq Golestan & Modarres Awal 2012; Havaskary et al. 2010), Kermanshah, Khuzestan, Lorestan, Markazi ( Hoberlandt 1997), Mazandaran ( Kiritshenko 1949, Wagner 1968; Hoberlandt 1959, 1997; Sakenin et al. 2008; Linnavuori 2008), Qazvin ( Hoberlandt 1959, 1997), Semnan ( Kiritshenko 1949), Sistan & Baluchestan ( Hoberlandt 1997), Tehran ( Safavi 1959; Kiritshenko 1966; Wagner 1968; Hoberlandt 1959, 1997; Modarres Awal 1997b; Linnavuori 2008; Kment & Jindra 2008; Samin 2010), West Azarbaijan ( Farahbakhsh 1961; Hoberlandt 1997; Modarres Awal 1997b; Nateq Golestan 2004; Nateq Golestan et al. 2004, 2010a, b, c, 2011), Zanjan ( Askari et al. 2009), Caspian Sea area ( Farahbakhsh 1961; Modarres Awal 1997b), Iran (no locality cited) ( Oshanin 1906; Safavi 1959; Farahbakhsh 1961; Miyamoto 1963; Modarres Awal 1997b; Rider 2006).

General distribution. Palearctic though not in Scandinavia, Korea, or Japan.

Host plants. On cabbage ( Farahbakhsh 1961; Modarres Awal 1997b; Askari et al. 2009; Hassanzadeh et al. 2009a), turnip, colza, mustard, raddish, other cultivated and wild crucifers ( Farahbakhsh 1961; Modarres Awal 1997b), Populus sp. ( Salicaceae ), Tamarix sp. ( Tamaricaceae ) ( Wagner 1968), Brassicaceae (Iranipour 1996; Heiss 2002), Chenopodium sp. ( Chenopodiaceae ), Ulmus sp. ( Ulmaceae ) ( Modarres Awal 1996a), Brassica campestris , Sinapis arvensis ( Brassicaceae ), Verbena officinalis ( Verbenaceae ) (Sakenin et al. 2008), lucerne, potato ( Sadeghi et al. 2009), Alyssum murale ( Brassicaceae ) ( Nateq Golestan et al. 2010a, 2011), rape ( Khaghaninia et al. 2010b, 2011), Alhagi sp. ( Fabaceae ), Verbascum sp. ( Chenopodiaceae ), Sinapis sp. ( Brassicaceae ) ( Nateq Golestan et al. 2011), Veronica sp. ( Scrophulariaceae ) ( Nateq Golestan et al. 2011; Nateq Golestan & Modarres Awal 2012), Lepidium sp. , Eruca sativa , Descurainia sophia , Raphanus sp. , Erysimum hieraciifolium (both Brassicaceae ), Medicago sativa ( Fabaceae ), ( Nateq Golestan & Modarres Awal 2012). E. ornata has been mentioned on several plants as Brassicaceae (mainly), Cistaceae , Poaceae and Solanaceae ( Derjanschi & Péricart 2005) .

Comments. Eurydema ornata is a very variable species for which numerous varieties (with no taxonomic value) have been described: conjunta Kolenati 1846, falleni Gorski 1852, christophi Jakovlev 1874 , cruentata Puton 1881, mehadiense Horváth 1882, simplex Rey 1887, ventrale Rey 1887, simplicissima Rey 1888, completa Rey 1888, putonia d’Antessanty 1891, chloroticum Horváth 1891, pictella Kirkaldy 1909, gorskiana Kirkaldy 1909, bipunctata Stichel 1936, rubra Stichel 1936, nigrescens Kupka 1944, atriventris Filippi 1949, ornatula Tamanini 1961 .