Lyctocoris (Lyctocoris) campestris (Fabricius, 1794)

Acanthia campestris Fabricius, 1794: 75 (as new species); Cimex pallidus Rossi, 1794: 55; Lygaeus arvicola Latreille, 1804: 220; Phytocoris pallens Fallén, 1829: 103; Cimex domesticus Schilling, 1834: 738; Xylocoris americanus Dallas, 1852: 589; Xylocoris (Lyctocoris) distinguendus Flor, 1860: 666; Cardiastethus currax Garbiglietti, 1869: 123; Lyctocoris fitchii Reuter, 1871: 557; Xylocoris latus Walker, 1872: 159; Nesidiocheilus hawaiiensis Kirkaldy, 1902: 127; Lyctocoris campestris var. poppiusi Kiritshenko, 1918: 127 .

Distribution in Iran. Khuzestan (Modarres Awal 1997), Tehran (Lindeberg 1938).

General distribution. Euro Siberian, Near and Middle East; introduced elsewhere (probably cosmopolitan but not yet found in Far East (Japan, Korea, Far East Russia) and China).

Prey records. Larvae of Coleoptera and Lepidoptera (Modarres Awal 1997), nymphs of Anthocoris sp. ( Heteroptera), Psocoptera, Acari (Péricart 1972).

Biology. Lyctocoris campestris, a blood-sucker, can overwinter in grain storages, agricultural buildings, nests of birds or mammals (Saulich & Musolin 2009). The development is continuous all the year round (homodynamic seasonal cycle) (Saulich & Musolin 2009). In Great Britain there are up to 3 generations per year (Saulich & Musolin 2009).