Studies on the Lygaeidae s. lat. (Heteroptera) of Gilan and the adjacent provinces in northern Iran
Linnavuori Rauno E.
Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 47: 57-75, 2007
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Abstract: A list of 91 species of Lygaeidae s. lat. (subfamilies Lygaeinae, Orsillinae,
Ischnorrhynchinae, Cyminae, Blissinae, Henestarinae, Artheneinae,
Heterogastrinae, Oxycareninae, Pachygronthinae, Rhyparochrominae) from Gilan and
the adjacent provinces is provided. The following 12 species and one subspecies
are new for Iran: Arocatus melanocephalus (Fabricius, 1798), Kleidocerys
privignus (Horváth, 1894), Cymus claviculus (Fallén, 1807), Cymus glandicolor
Hahn, 1832, Geocoris (Geocoris) desertorum (Jakovlev, 1871), Holcocranum
diminutum umbrinum Linnavuori, 1984, Platyplax salviae (Schilling, 1829),
Macroplax fasciata fasciata (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1835), Auchenodes utu
Linnavuori, 1984, Eremocoris abietis fraternus Horváth, 1883, Taphropeltus
contractus (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1835), Rhyparochromus pini (Linnaeus, 1758), and
Pachybrachius fracticollis (Schilling, 1829).
Key words: Heteroptera, Lygaeoidea, Iran, Gilan, faunistics, checklist, new records