Geocoris (Geocoris) megacephalus (Rossi, 1790)

Ghahari, Hassan & Moulet, Pierre, 2012, An Annotated Catalog of the Iranian Lygaeoidea (excluding Berytidae and Piesmatidae) (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomomorpha), Zootaxa 3408, pp. 1-33 : 10

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.213702
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6177832
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scientific name	Geocoris (Geocoris) megacephalus (Rossi, 1790)
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Distribution in Iran. Alborz ( Kheradmand et al. 2002, 2005), East Azarbaijan ( Khaghaninia et al. 2010a), Fars (Ale Mansoor & Ahmadi 1993), Golestan ( Ghahari & Ostovan 2006; Linnavuori 2007; Ghahari et al. 2011), Guilan ( Linnavuori 2007), Isfahan ( Ghahari & Hatami 2000), Kerman ( Ghahari et al. 2011), Khorasan ( Modarres Awal 1996b; Havaskary et al. 2010), Kordestan ( Abd-Rabou & Ghahari 2006), Mazandaran ( Heiss 2002; Ghahari & Ostovan 2006, Ghahari et al. 2008, 2009c).

General distribution. Holomediterranean, extending into the Middle East and Middle Asia.

Comments. Predator of Bemisia tabaci Gennadius (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae ) ( Al-e Mansoor & Ahmadi 1993; Ghahari & Hatami 2000).