Gampsocoris punctipes pallidus Hoberlandt, 1951

Linnavuori, Rauno E., 2011, Studies on the Cimicomorpha and Pentatomomorpha (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) of Khuzestan and the adjacent provinces of Iran, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 51 (1), pp. 21-48 : 46-47

Gampsocoris punctipes pallidus Hoberlandt, 1951

Material examined. KHUZESTAN: Andimeshk , 1 specimen, 5.–6.vi.2008 ; near Lali, 9 specimens, 6.–7.vi.2008. FARS: Bavan near Nur Abad , 1 specimen, 20.–27.vi.2008 ; Dasht-e-Arzan , 1 specimen, 16.–17.vi.2002 ; Fasa – Mianjangal , 1 specimen, 18.–19.vi.2006 ; Firuzabad , 4 specimens, 15.–16.vi.2008 ; 15 km E of Sa’adatshahr , 1610 m a.s.l., several specimens, 6.–7.vi.1996 ; Takhst-e-Jamshid , 3 specimens, 14.–15.vi.2002 .

Comments. Most of the examined specimens are totally pale, in some of them tubercles and even sides of calli of pronotum are black.

In steppes and gardens in hilly areas. Recorded e.g. on Heliotropium , Salvia rubifolia and

Potentilla . Syrio-Anatolian extending to Central Asia.