Coranus (Coranus) griseus (Rossi, 1790)

Ghahari, Hassan, Moulet, Pierre, Cai, Wanzhi & Karimi, Javad, 2013, An annotated catalog of the Iranian Reduvioidea (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Cimicomorpha), Zootaxa 3718 (3), pp. 201-238 : 207-208

Coranus (Coranus) griseus (Rossi, 1790)

Reduvius griseus Rossi, 1790: 257 (as new species); Harpactor murinus Rambur, 1840: 177 ; Coranus persicus Wagner, 1952: 102 ; Coranus aegyptius auct. non Fabricius, 1775.

Distribution in Iran. East Azarbaijan, Fars, Sistan & Baluchestan, Tehran (new data—ZMAS), Golestan, Khorasan (Ghahari et al. 2011b), Isfahan, Yazd (new data—P. Putshkov’s collection), Mazandaran (Ghahari et al. 2008a, b, 2009), Iran (without precise locality) (Putshkov & Putshkov 1996).

Distribution outside Iran. Turano-Mediterranean (in North Africa only in the Maghreb) (Putshkov & Putshkov 1996; Aukema et al. 2013).

Comments. In rice fields and on Delonix regia (Fabaceae) (Ghahari et al. 2008a) and Physalis angulata (Solanaceae) (Ghahari et al. 2011b). Coranus griseus generally lives in dry and sunny biotopes with sparce vegetation, often under plants (Moulet 2002a; Putshkov & Moulet 2010).

Coranus (Coranus) cf. laticeps Wagner, 1952

Material examined. East Azarbaijan province, Tabriz, 1♂, 11.x.2004. Semnan province, Garmsar, 1♀, 27.x.2004. New record for Iran.

Distribution outside Iran. Caucasus, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan.

Comments. In Iran, Caucasus, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan are laticeps -like Coranus so variable morphologically that it is impossible to attribute them specifically to C. laticeps , C. tuberculifer Reuter, 1881 , or C.

cf. subapterus ( De Geer, 1773) which have mixed characters. Such samples have been called Coranus cf. laticeps or "caucasian" Coranus laticeps (Putshkov & Moulet 2010) . On the other hand, in Europe C. laticeps , C. tuberculifer Reuter , and C. subapterus are well delimitated from each other (P. Putshkov, personal communication).

Coranus (Coranus) niger (Rambur, 1840)

Harpactor niger Rambur, 1840: 178 ; Harpactor affinis Lucas, 1848: 51 ; Coranus revellieri Mulsant & Rey, 1873: 90 ; Coranus fieberi Puton, 1874: 232 ; Coranus niger var. femoralis Ragusa, 1908: 125 .

Distribution in Iran. Mazandaran (Ghahari et al. 2008a, b, 2009b).

Distribution outside Iran. Mediterranean Europe, northern Africa, Israel, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia (Putshkov & Putshkov 1996; Aukema et al. 2013).

Comments. In rice fields and on Ziziphus spina-christi (Rhamnaceae) (Ghahari et al. 2008a).