Phytocoris (Compsocerocoris) arakhne Linnavuori, 1999

Linnavuori, Rauno E., 2009, Studies on the Nepomorpha, Gerromorpha, Leptopodomorpha, and Miridae excluding Phylini (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) of Khuzestan and the adjacent provinces of Iran, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 49 (1), pp. 1-32 : 18

Phytocoris (Compsocerocoris) arakhne Linnavuori, 1999

( Fig. 2A–H )

Material examined. FARS: Shul – Sangar , 1 J 1 ♀, 17.–18.vi.2003 ; Zarqan Bamon National Park , 1 J, 13.– 14.vi.1996 .

Comments. Pygophore ( Fig. 2B–E ) on the left side with a variable tubercle, which is broad in the type series and in the specimen from Shul – Sangar but narrow in the specimen from Zarqan. At light on mountain slopes with Amygdalus , Astragalus and Artemisia . Endemic to Iran.

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Fig. 2. Phytocoris arakhne Linnavuori, 1999.A – male head in lateral view; B – pygophore in dorsal view (specimen from Zarqan); C–E – left lateral process of pygophore (C – J from Zarqan, D – paratype from 7 km NW of Shul, E – J from Zarqan Bamon National Park); F – right paramere; G – left paramere; H – spiculum.