Oxycarenus (Euoxycarenus) pallens (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1850)

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 : 41

Oxycarenus (Euoxycarenus) pallens (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1850)

Material examined. ESFAHAN: Shahreza – Semirom , 6 specimens, 11.vi.2003. FARS: 19 km S of Seh Bid, 2000 m a.s.l., 6 specimens, 14.vi.1996 ; Kamfiruz , 1 specimen, 15.–16.vi.2002 ; Pol-e-Khan , 1 specimen, 15.vi.2002 ; 15 km E of Sa’adatshahr , 1880 m a.s.l., 5 specimens, 6.–7.vi.1996 ; Zarqan Bamon National Park , 1650 m a.s.l., 2 specimens, 13.–14.vi.1996 ; Takht-e-Jamshid, 2 specimens, 14.–15.vi.2002. KOHGILUYEH & BOYERAHMAD: Samirun, 6 specimens, 11.–12.vi.2003. KURDESTAN: Saqqez , 1 specimen, 13.–14.vi.2005 ; near Suteh, 1 specimen, 13.vi.2005. LORESTAN: near Khoram Abad, 2 specimens, 5.–6.vi.2005. WEST AZERBAIJAN: Bilas 20 km S of Mahabad, 1 specimen, 19.–20.vii.2004 ; Marangalu near Urumiyeh , 1 specimen, 15.–17.vii.2004 ; Nushin Shahr , 6 specimens, 15.–17.vi.2005 .

Comments. In mountain steppes on Asteraceae such as Centaurea . Holomediterranean, extending to Middle East and Central Asia, India, and Sudan.