Cyphostethus tristriatus (Fabricius, 1787)

Cimex tristriatus Fabricius, 1787: 293; Cimex lituratus Panzer, 1797: 19 (non Fabricius, 1794); Acanthosoma picta Samouelle, 1832: 2; Acanthosoma clypeata Burmeister, 1835: 361; Acanthosoma pictipenne Curtis, 1852: 271; Cyphostethus pallidus Ahmad & Önder, 1993: 58 .

Distribution in Iran. Guilan, Mazandaran (Linnavuori 2008), Iran (no locality cited) (Göllner-Scheiding 2006a; Aukema et al. 2013).

General distribution. West Palearctic, extending to the Middle East and Central Asia.

Host plants. On Cupressus sp. (Linnavuori 2008), Juniperus sp. (both Cupressaceae) and decorative Cupressaceae (Dusoulier & Lupoli 2006) .