Antheminia lunulata (Goeze, 1778)

Ghahari, Hassan, Moulet, Pierre & Rider, David A., 2014, An annotated catalog of the Iranian Pentatomoidea (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomomorpha), Zootaxa 3837 (1), pp. 1-95 : 19-20

Antheminia lunulata (Goeze, 1778)

Cimex lunulata Goeze, 1778: 275 ; Cimex lynx Fabricius, 1794: 110 ; Mormidea pusio Fieber, 1861: 336 (non Kolenati, 1846); Carpocoris lynx var. decolor Ferrari, 1874: 129 ; Carpocoris (Antheminia) lunulatus var. pallidior Kirkaldy, 1909: 57 ; Carpocoris lunulatus var. nigricornis Kormilev, 1936: 36 ; Codophila (Antheminia) lunulata var. eckerleini Tamanini : 598; Antheminia lunulata var. robusta Putshkov, 1965: 261 .

Distribution in Iran. Alborz, Fars, West Azarbaijan ( Hoberlandt 1997), Ardabil, Semnan ( Linnavuori 2008), East Azarbaijan ( Hoberlandt 1997; Khalilzadeh et al. 2007; Gharaat et al. 2009; Hassanzadeh et al. 2009a, b as Carpocoris lunata Fallen, 1852 ; Khaghaninia et al. 2010a, b, 2011, 2013), Golestan ( Hoberlandt 1997; Linnavuori 2008), Guilan ( Hoberlandt 1997; Linnavuori 2008), Kerman ( Hoberlandt 1997; Hashemi Rad et al. 2000), Khorasan ( Modarres Awal 1996a, 1997b as Codophila lunulata (Goeze, 1778) ; Hoberlandt 1997; Linnavuori 2008; Modarres Awal 2008; Mehneh et al. 2010), Mazandaran ( Hoberlandt 1997; Sakenin et al. 2008 as Codophila lunulata ), Qazvin ( Hoberlandt 1955; Safavi 1959; Hoberlandt 1997), Tehran ( Brown 1966 as Codophila lunulata ; Hoberlandt 1955, 1997; Safavi 1959; Modarres Awal 1997b), Zanjan ( Hoberlandt 1997; Linnavuori 2008; Askari et al. 2009 as Carpocoris lunata ), Iran (no locality cited) ( Rider 2006; Ribes & Pagola Carte 2013).

New data. Isfahan province: 30 km N of Natanz, N33° 48’ 51.1’’ – E51°40’ 53.7’’, 4001 ft asl, 7.v.2013, J. Haxaire rec, P. Ducamps det et leg.

General distribution. Euro-Siberian, known in Algeria and Pakistan.

Host plants. On Asteraceae ( Linnavuori 2008; Ribes & Pagola Carte 2013), Populus nigra nigra (Salicaceae) ( Hassanzadeh et al. 2009b), Apiaceae ( Modarres Awal 1996a, 1997b), Eruca sativa (Ericaceae) (Sakenin et al. 2008); on wild Poaceae ( Khalilzadeh et al. 2007) , cereals ( Askari et al. 2009; Hassanzadeh et al. 2009a; Sadeghi et al. 2009; Khaghaninia et al. 2010a, b; Khaghaninia et al. 2011), Scrophulariaceae (Ribes & Pagola Carte 2013) .