Macroscytus brunneus ( Fabricius, 1803 )

Ghahari, Hassan, Chérot, Frédéric, Linnavuori, Rauno & Ostovan, Hadi, 2009, Annotated catalogue of Iranian burrower bugs (Heteroptera, Pentatomoidea, Cydnidae), ZooKeys 26 (26), pp. 3-31 : 14

31) Macroscytus brunneus ( Fabricius, 1803)

Cydnus brunneus Fabricius, 1803: 185 (as new species).

Macroscytus brunneus: Fieber 1861: 362 (new combination).

Iran records: Hoberlandt 1955: 122, 1995: 185–186; Linnavuori 2004: 285, 2007: 88–89; Lis 1999: 208, 2000: 402–404, 2006: 135; Modarres Awal 1996a: 127, 1997: 71, 2008: 247; Safavi 1959: 31; Seidenstücker, 1957: 73, 1958: 5; Wagner 1968: 437.

Distribution in Iran: Abbassi, Fars, Gilan, Hormozgan, Kerman, Khorasan, Lorestan, Sistan & Balouchestan, Tehran, Zanjan provinces.

Distribution outside Iran: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Azerbaidjan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Botswana, Cameroon, Canary Islands, Cape Verde Islands, Central African Republic, China (North?), Congo, Croatia, Cyprus, Egypt, Ethiopia, France, Gambia, Ghana, Greece, Guinea, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Ivory Coast, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Lebanon, Libya, Macedonia, Mali, Malta, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Socotra, Somalia, South Africa, Serbia, Spain, Sudan, Switzerland, Syria, Tadzhikistan, Tanzania (incl. Zanzibar), Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tunisia, Uganda, Uzbekistan, Yemen, Zaire, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Comment: Lis (2000) redescribed and illustrated M. brunneus .