Geocoris (Piocoris) luridus (Fieber, 1844)

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 : 65

Geocoris (Piocoris) luridus (Fieber, 1844)

Material examined. GILAN: Lowshan , several specimens, 23.v.1995, 20.ix.1998, 17.ix.2000 ; Parudbar , 2 specimens, 27.-28.vi.2005. ZANJAN: near Gilvan, 7 specimens, 1.viii.2004 .

Comments. On Tamarix . Eremian, extending from North Africa to the Middle East, Middle Asia, Ethiopia, and Sudan.

All specimens agree well in their morphology with the characteristics of the species. The subspecies G. luridus marulla Linnavuori, 1972 , was described on the basis of a single female from Iran (Bampur, Kaskinjuv) ( LINNAVUORI 1972: 102) and is only a colour form, as already pointed out by KERZHNER (1979: 70).