Chroantha ornatula (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1842)

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 : 10

Chroantha ornatula (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1842)

Material examined. GILAN: Lowshan , 1 specimen, 17.ix.2000 ; Parudbar , 12 specimens, 18.-19.vii.2000, 25.- 26.vi.2004. SEMNAN: Semnan, 3 specimens, 17.-18.vii.2003 ; Shahrud, Rowyan, 1 specimen, 3.-4.vii.2004. ZANJAN: Abbar , 1 specimen, 12.-14.v.2001 ; Gilankesh 15 km NW of Gilvan, 1 specimen, 26.-27.vi.2004 ; 8-15 km W of Gilvan , 1 specimen, 21.vii.-1.viii.2004 ; Mamalan – Abbar, 2 specimens, 29.ix.-1.x.2000, 20.-21.vii.2002. QAZVIN: Qazvin, 1 specimen, 21.vi.2003. KHORASAN: Feyzabad , 2 specimens, 16.v.1996 ; Lake Bazangan 50 km W of Sarakhs, 1 specimen, 30.vi.1994 ; near Sabzevar , 2 specimens, 31.vi.1994 ; 15-25 km N of Tabas , 1 specimen, 14.-15.v.1994 ; Tabas – Deh Shor , 7 specimens, 16.-17.iv.1994 .

Comments. On Suaeda in saline habitats. Holomediterranean, extending to the Middle East, Central Asia, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, and Sudan.