Homalotylus turkmenicus Myartseva, 1981

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73. Homalotylus turkmenicus Myartseva, 1981

Host associations in Iran. Exochomus nigromaculatus and E. quadripustulatus on cypress tree associated with Planococcus vovae ( Ameri et al. 2007; Talebi et al. 2008), E. quadripustulatus on Vitis vinifera ( Fallahzadeh & Japoshvili 2010) , Hyperaspis polita and Nephus bipunctatus on Vitis vinifera ( Fallahzadeh et al. 2011) , Nephus (Sidis) hiekei on Sesamum indicum , Menochilus sexmaculatus on Hibiscus rosa-sinensis and H. polita on Solamum nigrum ( Fallahzadeh et al. 2016) .

Distribution in Iran. Iran ( Trjapitzin, 1989), Fars ( Fallahzadeh et al. 2006a; Fallahzadeh & Japoshvili 2010; Fallahzadeh et al. 2011), Tehran ( Ameri et al. 2007; Talebi et al. 2008); Kermanshsh ( Jalilvand et al. 2014), Hormozgan ( Fallahzadeh et al. 2016).

Remarks. The report of Homalotylus sinensis Xu & He from southern Iran ( Fallahzadeh et al. 2006a) is a misidentification of H. turkmenicus (see Fallahzadeh et al. 2016).

General distribution. Palaearctic (Irano-Turanian) and Oriental regions ( India).