Geocoris (Geocoris) phaeopterus (Germar, 1838)

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 : 37

Geocoris (Geocoris) phaeopterus (Germar, 1838)

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Material examined. KHUZESTAN: Ahvaz near Karun river , 2 specimens, 10.–11.vi.2006 ; near Andimeshk, 1 specimen, 5.–6.v.2007; Andimeshk – Tangvan, 3 specimens, 9.–10.vi.2006; Lali, 5 specimens, 6.–7.vi.2008. FARS: 10 km S of Deh Bid , 2000 m a.s.l., 14.vi.1996 ; Maharlu, 2 specimens, 15.–16.vi.2006. KERMAN: Shahdad Hemmat-Abad, 250 m a.s.l., 1 specimen, 21.v.1996. WEST AZERBAIJAN: Kitkeh 50 km S of Mahabad, 1 specimen, 19.–20.vii.2004 .

Comments. In fields and steppes on Pulicaria and Tamarix . Eremian, also widely distributed in tropical Africa and Pakistan.

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Fig. 8. Geocoris phaeopterus (Germar, 1838):A – male; B–E – variability of head, pronotum and scutellum (after PÉRICART 1999).