Sciocoris (Aposciocoris) microphthalmus Flor, 1860

Ghahari, Hassan, Moulet, Pierre & Rider, David A., 2014, An annotated catalog of the Iranian Pentatomoidea (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomomorpha), Zootaxa 3837 (1), pp. 1-95 : 50

Sciocoris (Aposciocoris) microphthalmus Flor, 1860

Cimex umbrinus Panzer, 1804: 15 (non Wolff, 1804); Pentatoma umbrina Latreille, 1804: 190 (non Wolff, 1804); Sciocoris umbrinus Eversmann, 1837: 37 (non Wolff, 1804); Sci ocoris umbrinus Hahn, 1833: 195 (non Wolff, 1804); Sciocoris umbrinus Fieber, 1851: 440 (non Wolff, 1804); Sciocoris microphthalmus Flor, 1860: 114 ; Sciocoris curtipennis Mulsant & Rey, 1866: 105 ; Sciocoris homalonotus cerrutii Wagner, 1959: 59 ; Sciocoris (Aposciocoris) microphthalmus poppiusi Wagner, 1965: 125 ; Sciocoris (Aposciocoris) pirinaicus Fuente, 1972: 92 .

Distribution in Iran. Ardabil ( Modarres Awal 1987), East Azarbaijan ( Modarres Awal 1997b), Khorasan ( Modarres Awal 2008), Iran (no locality cited) ( Rider 2006).

General distribution. Euro-Siberian extending to China and Far East.

Host plants. On several Asteraceae and Lamiaceae ( Derjanschi & Péricart 2005) ; quoted, in France, on Rhinanthus sp. ( Scrophulariaceae ) ( Dusoulier & Lupoli 2006).