Studies on Pyrrhocoroidea, Coreoidea and Pentatomoidea of Khuzestan and the adjacent provinces in Iran (Hemiptera: Heteroptera)
Linnavuori Rauno E.
Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 52(1): 67-88, 2012
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Abstract: A list of 81 species of the true bugs belonging to the families Pyrrhocoridae
(2 species), Stenocephalidae (2 species), Rhopalidae (13 species), Alydidae
(4 species), Coreidae (8 species), Cydnidae (5 species), Scutelleridae
(3 species), and Pentatomidae (44 species) from Khuzestan and the adjacent
provinces in southern Iran is published. Two new species, Sciocoris farsianus
sp. nov. and S. kmenti sp. nov. (Pentatomidae), are described. Presence of two
species in Iran is confirmed: Rhopalus rufus Schilling, 1829 (Rhopalidae) and
Bagrada amoenula (Walker, 1870) (Pentatomidae).
Key words: Heteroptera, Pyrrhocoridae, Stenocephalidae, Rhopalidae, Alydidae, Coreidae, Cydnidae, Scutelleridae, Pentatomidae, faunistics, new species, Iran, Khuzestan, Palaearctic Region