Zicrona caerulea (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 : 13

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scientific name	Zicrona caerulea (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Cimex caeruleus Linnaeus, 1758: 445 ; Cimex caeruleus Gmelin, 1790: 2148 ; Pentatoma concinna Westwood, 1837: 39 ; Pentatoma violacea Westwood, 1837: 39 ; Zicrona illustris Amyot & Serville, 1843: 87 ; Zicrona cuprea Dallas, 1851: 108 .

Distribution in Iran. East Azarbaijan ( Hoberlandt 1997; Modarres Awal 1997b; Sadaghian et al. 2002), Fars ( Safavi 1959; Modarres Awal 1997b), Isfahan ( Hoberlandt 1955; Safavi 1959; Modarres Awal 1997b), Khorasan ( Modarres Awal 2008), Mazandaran ( Hoberlandt 1997), Northern Iran (no locality cited) ( Mohaghegh 2006), Iran (no locality cited) ( Safavi 1976; Rider 2006; Mohaghegh 2008).

General distribution. North America, Palearctic.

Comments. A predator of caterpillars and larvae of Coleoptera (mainly Chrysomelidae ) in wet biotopes ( Dusoulier & Lupoli 2006).

References

Dusoulier, F. & Lupoli, R. (2006) Synopsis des Pentatomoidea Leach, 1815 de France metropolitaine (Hemiptera, Heteroptera). Nouvelle Revue d'entomologie, 23, 11 - 44.

Hoberlandt, L. (1955) Hemiptera - Heteroptera from Iran, I. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae, 29 [1954], 121 - 148.

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.

Modarres Awal, M. (2008) Contribution to Heteroptera fauna of Khorasan Razavi province of Iran. Turkiye Entomoloji Dernegi, 32 (4), 243 - 253.

Mohaghegh, J. (2006) The predatory stink bugs (Het.: Pentatomidae, Asopinae) from the south coast of the Caspian Sea. Proceedings of 17 th Iranian Plant Protection Congress, Campus of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Karaj, p. 82.

Mohaghegh, J. (2008) New records of the predatory stinkbugs (Het.: Pentatomidae: Asopinae) from Iran. Journal of Entomological Society of Iran, 27 (2), Supplement, 1 - 4.

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].

Sadaghian, B., Dordaei, A. A. & Nikdel, M. (2002) Faunistic study on Heteroptera order in Arasbaran forests. Proceedings of 15 th Iranian Plant Protection Congress, Razi University of Kermanshah, pp. 180.

Safavi, M. (1959) Monographie des Hemipteres Heteropteres de l'Iran. Entomologie et Phytopathologie Appliquees, 18, 31 - 40.

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]