Oedemera (Oedemera) lurida lurida (Marsham, 1802)

Ghahari, Hassan, Vázquez, Xavier A. & Kubisz, Daniel, 2017, Annotated checklist of the false blister beetles (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea: Oedemeridae) from Iran, Zootaxa 4237 (2), pp. 321-334 : 328-329

Oedemera (Oedemera) lurida lurida (Marsham, 1802)

Distribution in Iran. Alborz, Tehran ( Švihla 1983), East Azarbaijan ( Ghahari et al. 2012), Golestan, Mazandaran ( Švihla 1983; Ghahari et al. 2012), Northern Khorasan ( Švihla 1983), Razavi Khorasan ( Ghahari & Jedryczkowski 2011), West Azarbaijan ( Samin et al. 2015).

General distribution. Europe, Iran, Russia, Syria, Turkmenistan ( Švihla 1999b, 2008a; Vázquez 2002; Montalto & Bologna 2011).

Chorotype. Turano-European.

Comments. Larvae feed on the root collar and lower part of the stem of perennial plant species, particularly Senecio , Eupatorium and Centaurea . Larvae overwinter in the root collar, imagines from May to August on flowers from different plants (over 30 plant genera) ( Kubisz 2006; Ferenca et al. 2013).