Dolycoris baccarum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Cimex baccarum Linnaeus, 1758: 445; Cimex verbasci De Geer, 1773: 257; Cimex subater Harris, 1780: 90; Cimex albidus Gmelin, 1790: 2161; Aelia depressa Westwood, 1837: 32; Pentatoma confusa Westwood, 1837: 8; Pentatoma inconcisa Walker, 1867: 301; Dolycoris baccarum var. brevipilis Reuter, 1891: 202; Dolycoris baccarum var. japonicum Furukawa, 1930: 54 .

Distribution in Iran. Alborz (Lindberg 1938; Babmorad 1993; Samin et al. 2010a), Ardabil (Modarres Awal 1987; Linnavuori 2008; Ghahari et al. 2010a), East Azarbaijan (Modarres Awal 1997a, b; Farshbaf Pour-Abad 2000; Khalilzadeh 2008; Hassanzadeh et al. 2009a; Sadeghi et al. 2009; Khaghaninia et al. 2010a, b, 2011, 2013; Nikdel et al. 2011; Havaskary et al. 2012), Fars (Brown 1966; Hoberlandt 1997; Modarres Awal 1997b; Radjabi 2001), Kerman, Kermanshah (Brown 1966), Golestan (Kiritshenko 1949), Guilan (Linnavuori 2008), Hormozgan (Linnavuori 2004), Isfahan (Hoberlandt 1959; Modarres Awal 1997b; Razmjoo 2004; Razmjoo et al. 2011; Samin & Asgari 2012), Khorasan (Wagner 1968; Modarres Awal 1993, 1996a, 1997b; Hoberlandt 1997; Havaskary et al. 2010; Nateq Golestan & Modarres Awal 2012), Mazandaran (Wagner 1968; Hoberlandt 1997; Sakenin et al. 2008), Tehran (Hoberlandt 1997; Modarres Awal 1997b; Linnavuori 2008; Samin 2010; Samin et al. 2010a), West Azarbaijan (Safavi 1959; Farahbakhsh 1961; Modarres Awal 1997b; Nateq Golestan 2004; Nateq Golestan et al. 2004, 2010a, b, c, 2011), Yazd (China 1938), Zanjan (Linnavuori 2008; Askari et al. 2009), Iran (no locality cited) (Khanjani 2006; Rider 2006).

New data. Fars province: Mobarakabad to lake Harm road, N28° 16’ 57.8’’ – E53° 20’ 47.9’’, 3363 ft asl, 4.v.2013; Esfahan: Javinan, Qamsar to Ghohrood road, N33° 41’ 41.7’’ – E51° 26’ 45.9’’, 6943 ft asl, 9.v.2013, J. Haxaire rec, P. Ducamps det et leg.

General distribution. Palearctic, Indian subcontinent.

Host plants. On turnip (Farahbakhsh 1961; Modarres Awal 1997b), Asteraceae, Brassicaceae, Poaceae, Fabaceae (Iranipour 1996), wild Poaceae, Trifolium sp. ( Fabaceae), Pistacia sp. ( Anacardiaceae), Triticum sp. ( Poaceae), Rumex sp. (Polygonacae) (Modarres Awal 1996a), barley, clover, broad bean, Cirsium sp. ( Asteraceae), poplar (Modarres Awal 1997b), lucerne (Modarres Awal 1997b; Askari et al. 2009; Hassanzadeh et al. 2009a; Sadeghi et al. 2009; Khaghaninia et al. 2010a, b, 2011), alfalfa (Farshbaf Pour-Abad 2000; Khalilzadeh 2008), Triticum vulgare ( Poaceae) (Sakenin et al. 2008), Hordeum vulgaris ( Poaceae), Salix sp. ( Salicaceae), Urtica sp. ( Urticaceae), Verbascum sp. ( Scrophulariaceae) (Nateq Golestan et al. 2011), Alhagi sp. ( Fabaceae) (Nateq Golestan et al. 2011; Nateq Golestan & Modarres Awal 2012), Acroptilon repens, Cousinia sp., Taraxacum sp. ( Asteraceae), Alangium sp. ( Cornaceae), Alhagi sp. ( Fabaceae), Atriplex sp. ( Amaranthaceae), Berberis vulgaris ( Berberidaceae), Clematis sp. ( Ranunculaceae), Daucus carota ( Apiaceae), Erysimum hieraciifolium ( Brassicaceae), Gossypium hirsutum ( Malvaceae), Kochia sp. ( Chenopodiaceae), Medicago sp. ( Fabaceae), Melissa officinalis ( Lamiaceae), Scrophularia sp. ( Scrophulariaceae), Solanum tuberosum ( Solanaceae), Triticum aestivum ( Poaceae) (Nateq Golestan & Modarres Awal 2012).