Ventocoris (Astirocoris) achivus (Horváth, 1889), Horvath, 1889

Ghahari, Hassan, Moulet, Pierre & Rider, David A., 2014, An annotated catalog of the Iranian Pentatomoidea (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomomorpha), Zootaxa 3837 (1), pp. 1-95 : 70

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scientific name	Ventocoris (Astirocoris) achivus (Horváth, 1889)
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Ventocoris (Astirocoris) achivus (Horváth, 1889)

Trigonosoma (Selenodera) falcatum var. achivum Horváth, 1889: 44 .

Distribution in Iran. Tehran ( Hoberlandt 1955, Safavi 1959; Modarres Awal 1997b, all misidentified as Trigonosoma / Ventocoris falcatum ); Iran (no locality cited) ( Rider 2006).

General distribution. Greece, Egypt (Sinai) and the Near East, Caucasus and Central Asia.

Host plants. Lives on Erucaria sp. ( Brassicaceae ) ( Péricart 2010).

Comments. Previous records of V. falcatus (Cyrillus, 1791) from Greece, Egypt and Asia belong to this species ( Rider 2006; Dursun & Fent 2013).

References

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

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

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Hemiptera
SuperFamily	Pentatomoidea
Family	Pentatomidae
SubFamily	Podopinae
Tribe	Graphosomatini
Genus	Ventocoris
SubGenus	Astirocoris