Deraeocoris (Camptobrochis) punctulatus (Fallén, 1807), Fallen, 1807

Ghahari, Hassan & Chérot, Frédéric, 2014, An annotated catalog of the Iranian Miridae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Cimicomorpha), Zootaxa 3845 (1), pp. 1-101 : 11

Deraeocoris (Camptobrochis) punctulatus (Fallén, 1807)

Distribution in Iran. Alborz ( Modarres Awal 1997c; Linnavuori 2007), Ardabil ( Modarres Awal 1996; Linnavuori 2007; Havaskary et al. 2012), East Azarbaijan ( Hassazadeh et al. 2009a, b; Gharaat et al. 2009; Ghahari et al. 2011), Fars ( Alemansoor & Ahmadi 1993; Modarres Awal 1997c; Linnavuori 2009; Zarei et al. 2012), Golestan ( Khormali 2000; Ghahari & Ostovan 2006), Guilan ( Abd-Rabou & Ghahari 2006; Linnavuori 2007), Hamadan (Mirab-balou et al. 2007, 2008), Ilam (Linnavuori 2009), Isfahan ( Modarres Awal 1997c; Linnavuori 2009; Rakhshani et al. 2010), Kerman ( Wagner 1961; Kiritshenko 1966, with doubt), Kermanshah (Linnavuori 2009), Khorasan ( Reuter 1904; Modarres Awal 1997b; Linnavuori & Modarres Awal 1999; Havaskary et al. 2010), Kordestan (Linnavuori 2009; Ebrahimi et al. 2012), Kuhgiloyeh & Boyerahmad (Linnavuori 2009), Lorestan (Linnavuori 2009), Markazi (Linnavuori 2009; Arkani et al. 2011), Mazandaran (Heiss & Linnavuori 2002 ; Ghahari & Ostovan 2006; Ghahari et al. 2008a, b, 2009a), Qom ( Wagner 1961), Semnan ( Jakovlev 1877), Sistan & Baluchestan ( Kiritshenko 1966), Tehran ( Lindberg 1938; Linnavuori 2007), West Azarbaijan (Gharaat et al. 2009; Linnavuori 2009), Yazd (Linnavuori 2009), Zanjan ( Linnavuori 2007), Northern Iran (no locality cited) ( Jakovlev 1877), Iran (no locality cited) ( Kerzhner & Josifov 1999).

General distribution, hosts and prey. Holarctic species, living on numerous plants as a predator of several tiny insects such as Bemisia tabaci Gennadius ( Hemiptera : Aleyrodidae ) ( Modarres Awal 1997c; Ghahari & Ostovan 2006) and Lygus spp. especially L. rugulipennis Poppius (Miridae) in alfalfa fields (Mirab-balou et al. 2007, 2008) but also able to attack young stems and flowers ( Farahbakhsh 1961).