Studies on the Acanthosomatidae, Scutelleridae and Pentatomidae (Heteroptera) of Gilan and the adjacent provinces in northern Iran
Linnavuori Rauno E.
Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 48(1): 1-21, 2008
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Abstract: A list of the Acanthosomatidae (3 species), Scutelleridae (13 species) and
Pentatomidae (76 species) from the Iranian province of Gilan and adjacent
provinces is published. The following eight species are recorded from Iran for
the first time: Cyphostethus tristriatus (Fabricius, 1787), Arma custos
(Fabricius, 1794), Alloeoglypta pretiosa Kiritshenko, 1952, Sciocoris cursitans
cursitans (Fabricius, 1794), Sciocoris macrocephalus Fieber, 1851, Ventocoris
(Selenodera) bulbifer Seidenstücker, 1964, Podops (Opocrates) annulicornis
Jakovlev, 1877, and Tarisa virescens Herrich-Schaeffer, 1851.
Key words: Heteroptera, Pentatomoidea, Acanthosomatidae, Scutelleridae, Pen- tatomidae, Iran, Gilan, faunistics, checklist, new records