Macroplax fasciata fasciata (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1835)

Linnavuori, Rauno E., 2007, Studies on the Lygaeidae s. lat. (Heteroptera) of Gilan and the adjacent provinces in northern Iran, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 47, pp. 57-75 : 67

Macroplax fasciata fasciata (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1835)

Material examined. GILAN: Deylaman , 1 specimen, 16.-20.vii.1996 ; Jirandeh , 3 specimens, 6.-8.vii.1996 ; 35 km E of Khalkhal , 1 specimen, 27.vii.2002 ; Sang Rud , 5 specimens, 30.vi.-1.vii.2003 ; Sang Rud – Jirandeh , 2 specimens, 31.v.1995. ZANJAN: 20-35 km E of Zanjan, 1 specimen, 13.vii.2004 .

Comments. In hilly steppes on Cistaceae . Holomediterranean. New for Iran. Macroplax fasciata blancae Hoberlandt, 1943 , has been recorded from Central and Southern Iran (Hober l andt 1987: 23).