Ectomocoris basra Linnavuori, 1972

Ghahari, Hassan, Moulet, Pierre, Cai, Wanzhi & Karimi, Javad, 2013, An annotated catalog of the Iranian Reduvioidea (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Cimicomorpha), Zootaxa 3718 (3), pp. 201-238 : 215-216

Ectomocoris basra Linnavuori, 1972

Ectomocoris basra Linnavuori, 1972: 46 (as new species).

Distribution in Iran. Iran (without precise locality) (Linnavuori 1972; Putshkov & Putshkov 1996). Distribution outside Iran. Iraq (Linnavuori 1972; Putshkov & Putshkov 1996).

Ectomocoris caucasicus Linnavuori, 1972

Ectomocoris quadrimaculatus Linnavuori, 1961: 41 (non Serville, 1831); Ectomocoris caucasicus Linnavuori, 1972: 45 (new name for E. quadrimaculatus Linnavuori, 1961 ).

Distibution in Iran. Mazandaran (new data—P. Putshkov’s collection), Iran (without precise locality) (Putshkov & Moulet 2010; Aukema et al. 2013).

Distribution outside Iran. Asian Turkey, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Russian (Caucasus) (Putshkov & Putshkov 1996), Iraq (Putshkov & Moulet 2010; Aukema et al. 2013).

Ectomocoris chiragra (Fabricius, 1803)

Reduvius chiragra Fabricius, 1803: 278 (as new species); Pirates fulvoguttatus Herrich-Schaeffer, 1842: 105 ; Ectomocoris infimus Miller, 1954: 401 ; Ectomocoris lindbergi Miller , 19556: 5.

Distribution in Iran. Khuzestan (Seidenstücker 1958), Iran (without precise locality) (Putshkov & Putshkov 1996; Putshkov & Moulet 2010).

Distribution outside Iran. Tropical Africa, Meditarranean, Near East, and Tropical Asia (Putshkov & Putshkov 1996; Aukema et al. 2013).

Comments. Ectomocoris chiragra has been mentioned from Spain by Linnavuori (1972), Gamarra (1980), and Putshkov & Putshkov (1996), but not by Ribes (1961) nor by Ribes et al. (1997). Its presence in Italy is based on old citations, but up to date catalogs do not cite it (Faraci & Rizzotti Vlach 1995). Additionally, Spanish citations are doubtful too.

Ectomocoris cordiger Stål, 1866

Ectomocoris cordiger Stål, 1867: 256 (as new species); Pirates adjunctus Walker, 1873: 114 .

Distribution in Iran. Khuzestan (Dispons & Villiers 1967), Iran (without precise locality) ( China 1938; Putshkov & Putshkov 1996; Ambrose 2006; Ambrose et al. 2007).

Distribution outside Iran. India, Iraq, Sri Lanka, Saudi Arabia (Putshkov & Putshkov 1996).

Ectomocoris ochropterus Stål, 1866

Ectomocoris ochropterus Stål, 1867: 256 (as new species); Pirates posticus Walker, 1873: 115 ; Eumerus flaviger Stål, 1874: 61 .

Distribution in Iran. Sistan & Baluchestan (Ghahari et al. 2011a).

Distribution outside Iran. Eritrea, Ethiopia, India (Putshkov & Putshkov 1996).

Ectomocoris quadrimaculatus (Serville, 1831)

Peirates quadrimaculatus Serville, 1831: 217 (as new species); Peirates triguttatus Erichson, 1842: 11 ; Pirates trifenestratus Stål, 1855: 38 ; Ectomocoris quadrimaculatus var. macroquadrimaculatus Hesse, 1925: 110 .

Distribution in Iran. Kerman (Seidenstücker 1958), Kermanshah (Ghahari et al. 2011a), Iran (without precise locality) (Putshkov & Putshkov 1996).

Distribution outside Iran. Tropical and south Africa, Indian subcontinent, Iraq.

Ectomocoris ululans (Rossi, 1790)

Reduvius ululans Rossi, 1790: 256 ; Ectomocoris ululans var. tidikelti Dispons, 1961: 246 .

Distribution in Iran. Ardabil (Dispons & Villiers 1967), East Azarbaijan (Dispons & Villiers 1967; Hassanzadeh et al. 2009; Ghahari et al. 2010a), Khorasan (Modarres Awal 1997b; Rahimi et al. 2010a, c), Khuzestan (Seidenstücker 1958; Dispons & Villiers 1967), Mazandaran (Hoberlandt 1954; Seidenstücker 1957; Heiss 2002), Semnan (new data—P. Putshkov’s collection), Sistan & Baluchestan (Hoberlandt 1954; Seidenstücker 1957), Tehran (Wagner 1961), West Azarbaijan (Gharaat et al. 2009), Iran (without precise locality) ( China 1927; Hoberlandt 1961; Putshkov & Putshkov 1996; Yarmand et al. 2002; Putshkov & Moulet 2010),

Distribution outside Iran. Eremian: Arabian Peninsula, Mediterranean shores of Spain, Corsica, Italy, Balkan Peninsula, Jordan, Ethiopia (Putshkov & Putshkov 1996; Aukema et al. 2013).

Comments. E. ululans lives in wet and the more often salty biotopes on Tamarix (Tamaricaceae) , Suaeda , and Arthrocnemum (both Amaranthaceae ) (Putshkov & Moulet 2010).