Coptosoma scutellatum (Geoffroy, 1785)

Linnavuori, Rauno E., 2007, Studies on the Piesmatidae, Berytidae, Pyrrhocoridae, Stenocephalidae, Coreidae, Rhopalidae, Alydidae, Cydnidae, and Plataspidae (Heteroptera) of Gilan and the adjacent provinces in northern Iran, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 47, pp. 77-91 : 90

Coptosoma scutellatum (Geoffroy, 1785)

Material studied. GILAN: Darreh – Dasht , 2 specimens, 27.v.-20.vi.1995 ; Deylaman – Barasar , 4 specimens, 20.vii.1996 ; Masuleh , 1 specimen, 4.-5.viii.2002. KHORASAN: Golestan Park 150 km W of Bojnurd, 5 specimens, 14.vii.1994 .

Comments. In steppes and hilly forests. Recorded on plants such as Coronilla , Lathyrus , and Astragalus . Euro-Siberian. New for Iran.