Ventocoris (Astirocoris) achivus (Horváth, 1889), Horvath, 1889

Ghahari, Hassan, Moulet, Pierre & Rider, David A., 2014, An annotated catalog of the Iranian Pentatomoidea (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomomorpha), Zootaxa 3837 (1), pp. 1-95 : 70

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scientific name	Ventocoris (Astirocoris) achivus (Horváth, 1889)
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Ventocoris (Astirocoris) achivus (Horváth, 1889)

Trigonosoma (Selenodera) falcatum var. achivum Horváth, 1889: 44 .

Distribution in Iran. Tehran ( Hoberlandt 1955, Safavi 1959; Modarres Awal 1997 b, all misidentified as Trigonosoma / Ventocoris falcatum ); Iran (no locality cited) ( Rider 2006).

General distribution. Greece, Egypt (Sinai) and the Near East, Caucasus and Central Asia.

Host plants. Lives on Erucaria sp. ( Brassicaceae ) ( Péricart 2010).

Comments. Previous records of V. falcatus (Cyrillus, 1791) from Greece, Egypt and Asia belong to this species ( Rider 2006; Dursun & Fent 2013).