Zicrona caerulea (Linnaeus, 1758)

Cimex caeruleus Linnaeus, 1758: 445; Cimex caeruleus Gmelin, 1790: 2148; Pentatoma concinna Westwood, 1837: 39; Pentatoma violacea Westwood, 1837: 39; Zicrona illustris Amyot & Serville, 1843: 87; Zicrona cuprea Dallas, 1851: 108 .

Distribution in Iran. East Azarbaijan (Hoberlandt 1997; Modarres Awal 1997b; Sadaghian et al. 2002), Fars (Safavi 1959; Modarres Awal 1997b), Isfahan (Hoberlandt 1955; Safavi 1959; Modarres Awal 1997b), Khorasan (Modarres Awal 2008), Mazandaran (Hoberlandt 1997), Northern Iran (no locality cited) (Mohaghegh 2006), Iran (no locality cited) (Safavi 1976; Rider 2006; Mohaghegh 2008).

General distribution. North America, Palearctic.

Comments. A predator of caterpillars and larvae of Coleoptera (mainly Chrysomelidae) in wet biotopes (Dusoulier & Lupoli 2006).