Lygaeus equestris (Linnaeus, 1758)

Ghahari, Hassan & Moulet, Pierre, 2012, An Annotated Catalog of the Iranian Lygaeoidea (excluding Berytidae and Piesmatidae) (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomomorpha), Zootaxa 3408, pp. 1-33 : 4-5

Lygaeus equestris (Linnaeus, 1758)

Distribution in Iran. Alborz ( Kheradmand et al. 2002, 2005), Ardabil ( Modarres Awal 1987; Linnavuori 2007), East Azarbaijan ( Modarres Awal 1997a; Sadaghian et al. 2004; Khaghaninia et al. 2010a, b, 2011; Nikdel et al. 2011), Fars, Kerman ( Brown 1966; Linnavuori 2011), Golestan ( Wagner 1968; Heiss 2002; Ghahari et al. 2011), Guilan ( Linnavuori 2007), Hormozgan ( Kiritshenko 1966), Isfahan ( Hatami 1992), Kermanshah ( Samin et al. 2011, as Lygaeus equestris ssp. equestris ), Khorasan (Hoberlandt 1954; Modarres Awal 1996b), Lorestan (Linnavuori 2011), Mazandaran ( Wagner 1968; Heiss 2002), Semnan ( Jakovlev 1877; Hoberlandt 1954), Sistan & Baluchestan ( Kiritshenko 1966), Tehran ( Brown 1966), Northern Iran (no locality cited) ( Lindberg 1938), Iran (no locality cited) ( Yarmand et al. 2002).

General distribution. HoloPalearctic.

Comments. On Cannabis sp., Cynanchum vincetoxicum, Gossypium sp., Sinapis sp., etc. (Linnavuori 2011).