Odontotarsus purpureolineatus (Rossi, 1790)

Linnavuori, Rauno E., 2008, Studies on the Acanthosomatidae, Scutelleridae and Pentatomidae (Heteroptera) of Gilan and the adjacent provinces in northern Iran, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 48 (1), pp. 1-21 : 4

Odontotarsus purpureolineatus (Rossi, 1790)

Material examined. GILAN: Manjil, 2 specimens, 19.v.-14.vi.1995, 8.-10.v.2001 ; Sang Rud – Jirandeh, 2 specimens, 31.v.1995; Tutkabon – Rudbar, 1 specimen, 29.v.-28.vi.1995. ARDABIL: Khalkhal – Kivi , 1 specimen, 4.viii.1996 ; near Kivi, 1 specimen, 8.vii.2002. TEHRAN: Azad Bar , 5 specimens, 8.-10.vii.1995 ; Kordan, 1 specimen, 14.vii.2002; Shahrestenak, 1 specimen, 10.-12.vii.1995. GOLESTAN: near Maraveh, 2 specimens, 21.vii.2005. KHORASAN: Golestan Park 150 km W of Bojnurd, 1 specimen, 14.vii.1994 ; Zard 100 km WNW of Bojnurd , 1 specimen, 13.vii.1994 .

Comments. In mountain steppes, recorded on Centaurea and Sanguisorba . Holomediterranean, extending to Central Europe, the Middle East, and Central Asia.