Eurygaster integriceps Puton, 1881

Ghahari, Hassan, Moulet, Pierre & Rider, David A., 2014, An annotated catalog of the Iranian Pentatomoidea (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomomorpha), Zootaxa 3837 (1), pp. 1-95 : 74-75

Eurygaster integriceps Puton, 1881

Eurygaster cognatus Westwood, 1837: 11 (nomen oblitum); Eurygaster orientalis Westwood, 1837: 11 (nomen oblitum); Eurygaster hottentota var. obliqua Kolenati, 1846: 12 ; Eurygaster maurus var. nigra Fieber, 1861: 370 ; Eurygaster maurus var. signata Fieber, 1861: 370 ; Eurygaster integriceps Puton, 1881: 119 .

Distribution in Iran. Alborz ( Lindberg 1938; Brown & Eralp 1962; Samin et al. 2010a; Iranipour & Johnson 2010), Ardabil (Brown 1962; Brown & Eralp 1962; Modarres Awal 1987, 1996b; Linnavuori 2008), Chaharmahal & Bakhtiari ( Noorbakhsh & Razavi 1993), East Azarbaijan ( Brown & Eralp 1962; Hoberlandt 1997; Modarres Awal 1997a; Khalilzadeh et al. 2007; Gharaat et al. 2009; Hassanzadeh et al. 2009a, b; Sadeghi et al. 2009; Khaghaninia et al. 2010a, b, 2011; Nikdel et al. 2011), Fars (Brown 1962; Brown & Eralp 1962; Hoberlandt 1997; Linnavuori 2012), Golestan ( Kiritshenko 1949; Brown & Eralp 1962; Hoberlandt 1997; Heiss 2002), Guilan ( Linnavuori 2008), Hamadan ( Brown & Eralp 1962; Radjabi 2001), Ilam, Khuzestan, Markazi, Qazvin, Yazd, Zanjan ( Brown & Eralp 1962), Isfahan ( Farahbakhsh 1961; Brown 1962; Brown & Eralp 1962; Martin et al. 1969; Samin & Asgari 2012), Kerman ( Seidenstücker 1958; Farahbakhsh 1961; Brown 1962; Brown & Eralp 1962; Hoberlandt 1997; Samin et al. 2011b), Kermanshah ( Farahbakhsh 1961; Brown 1962; Brown & Eralp 1962; Martin et al. 1969), Khorasan ( Brown & Eralp 1962; Modarres Awal 1993, 1996a, 2008; Linnavuori 2008; Samin et al. 2011b; Nateq Golestan & Modarres Awal 2012), Kordestan ( Wagner 1961; Brown 1962; Brown & Eralp 1962), Kuhgiloyeh & Boyerahmad ( Hoberlandt 1997), Lorestan ( Martin et al. 1969), Mazandaran ( Hoberlandt 1997; Heiss 2002; Sakenin et al. 2008), Semnan ( Kiritshenko 1949; Farahbakhsh 1961; Brown & Eralp 1962; Martin et al. 1969), Sistan & Baluchestan ( Hoberlandt 1955, 1995; Seidenstücker 1957; Brown & Eralp 1962; Samin et al. 2011b), Tehran ( Farahbakhsh 1961; Brown 1962; Brown & Eralp 1962; Kiritshenko 1966; Wagner 1968; Martin et al. 1969; Hoberlandt 1997; Linnavuori 2008; Samin 2010; Samin et al. 2010a, 2011c), West Azarbaijan ( Hoberlandt 1997; Gharaat et al. 2009; Linnavuori 2012), Iran (no locality cited) ( Oshanin 1906, 1912; China 1938; Safavi 1959; Farahbakhsh 1961; Yarmand et al. 2002; Khanjani 2006; Aukema & Rieger 2006), Iran (no locality cited) ( Göllner-Scheiding 2006b). According to Hoberlandt (1954) and Modarres Awal (1997b) E. integriceps is generally distributed in Iran.

General distribution. Northeastern Mediterranean basin (from Italy), not in Cyprus, Caucasus, Central Asia extending to China, Near East, Egypt, Pakistan.

Host plants. On barley ( Farahbakhsh 1961; Modarres Awal 1997b), wheat ( Farahbakhsh 1961; Modarres Awal 1996a, b, 1997a, b, 2008; Khanjani 2006; Hassanzadeh et al. 2009a, b; Sadeghi et al. 2009; Khaghaninia et al. 2010a, b), under Astragalus sp. ( Fabaceae ) ( Modarres Awal 1996a), blue-grass, brome chess, brome grass, bulbous, intermediate wheatgrass, milk vetch, mitre cress, mountain rye, Persian candle, Aegilops sp. , Agropyron caespitosum , A. libanoticum , A. pectiniform , A. trichophorum , Boissiera squarrosa , Bromus lanceolatus , B. tectorum var. hirsutus , B. tectorum var. tectorum , B. tomentellus , Secale montanum , Eremopyrum bonapartis var. sublanuginosum , E. distans , Hordeum glaucum , H. spontaneum , Heteranthelium pitiferum , Stipa hohenackeriana , Taeniatherum crinitum ( Poaceae ), Helichrysum oligocephalum ( Asteraceae ), Hypecoum pendulum ( Papaveraceae ), Silene arguta ( Caryophyllaceae ) ( Modarres Awal 1997b), Poaceae ( Heiss 2002; Linnavuori 2008), Triticum vulgare ( Poaceae ) (Sakenin et al. 2008), Hordeum vulgare , Triticum aestivum (both Poaceae ) ( Nateq Golestan & Modarres Awal 2012).

Comment. A great number of varieties have been described for this species which have no taxonomic value, e.g. nigra , ferruginea, testacea, grisescens, plagiata by Reuter, 1900, hellenica , subgrisea, nigricans, fieberi by Kirkaldy, 1909.