Stenozygum (Stenozygum) coloratum (Klug, 1845)

Cimex coloratus Klug, 1845: 44; Stenozygum variegatum Fieber, 1861: 345; Stenozygum coloratum var. rubricatum Wagner, 1939: 76 .

Distribution in Iran. Khorasan (Wagner 1968), Iran (no locality cited) (Derjanschi & Péricart 2005; Rider 2006).

General distribution. Caucasus and Central Asia, Near East, Arabic peninsula, Greece, Egypt (Sinai); tropical Africa (Burkina Faso, Erythrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan, Sahara (Tibesti)).

Host plants. In Cyprus, S. coloratum has been collected on Capsicum sp. ( Solanaceae) and on Maerna crassifolia and Capparis spinosa ( Capparidaceae) respectively in Saudi Arabia and Israel (Derjanschi & Péricart 2005).