Arma insperata Horváth, 1899

Ghahari, Hassan, Moulet, Pierre & Rider, David A., 2014, An annotated catalog of the Iranian Pentatomoidea (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomomorpha), Zootaxa 3837 (1), pp. 1-95 : 11

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scientific name	Arma insperata Horváth, 1899
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Arma insperata Horváth, 1899: 445 .

Distribution in Iran. Mazandaran ( Hoberlandt 1997; Péricart 2010), Iran (no locality cited) ( Safavi 1976; Modarres Awal 1997b; Rider 2006).

General distribution. Balkan region, Turkey (both European and Asian parts), Iran.

Comments. Like A. custos , A. insperata principally lives on Fagaceae where it hunts caterpillars of several

species (e.g. Phalera , Euproctis , Lymantria , Thaumetopoea ) ( Péricart 2010).

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.

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.

Pericart, J. (2010) Hemipteres Pentatomoidea euro-mediterraneens. Vol. 3: Podopinae et Asopinae. Faune de France, 93. F. F. S. S. N. ed., Paris, 290 pp.

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].

Safavi, M. (1976) Contribution a la connaissance des Hemipteres Heteropteres de l'Iran (IV). Journal of Entomological Society of Iran, 3 (1 & 2), 89 - 91. [in Persian, English summary]