Nezara millierei Mulsant & Rey, 1866: 290
Aethemenes forbesi Distant, 1884: 460
Nezara millieri var. putoni Vidal, 1949: 173
Acrosternum millierei var. vidali Stichel, 1961: 645
An annotated catalog of the Iranian Pentatomoidea (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomomorpha)
Ghahari, Hassan
Moulet, Pierre
Rider, David A.
Zootaxa
2014
3837
1
1
95
(Mulsant & Rey, 1866)
Mulsant & Rey
1866
Mulsant & Rey
1866
[151,683,1903,1928]
Insecta
Pentatomidae
Acrosternum
Animalia
Hemiptera
41
42
Arthropoda
species
millierei
Nezara milliereiMulsant & Rey, 1866: 290; Aethemenes forbesiDistant, 1884: 460; Nezara millierivar. putoniVidal, 1949: 173; Acrosternum milliereivar. vidaliStichel, 1961: 645.
Distribution in Iran.Alborz, Bushehr, Fars, Isfahan, Kermanshah, Khuzestan, Lorestan, Tehran ( Hoberlandt 1997), East Azarbaijan ( Sadaghian et al. 2002; Havaskary et al. 2012), Golestan ( Heiss 2002), Hormozgan ( Hoberlandt 1997; Linnavuori 2004), Kerman ( Kiritshenko 1949, 1966; Seidenstücker 1958; Hoberlandt 1997; Zeinoddini Memand et al. 2012, 2013), Khorasan ( Modarres Awal 1996a; Hoberlandt 1997; Linnavuori 2008), Mazandaran (Sakenin et al. 2008), Qom ( Wagner 1961), Semnan ( Kiritshenko 1949), Sistan & Baluchestan ( Hoberlandt 1955, 1997; Seidenstücker 1957; Safavi 1959; Miyamoto 1963; Kiritshenko 1966), West Azarbaijan (Nateq Golestan 2004; Nateq Golestan et al. 2004, 2010a, b, c, 2011), Yazd ( Miyamoto 1963), Iran(no locality cited) ( Hoberlandt 1961; Rider 2006; Ribes & Pagola Carte 2013). According to Modarres Awal (1997b), A. millieriis widely distributed in Iran. General distribution.Mediterranean basin (Canary Archipelago), Near East, Central Asia ( Iran, Iraq, Kuwait), Arabian Peninsula extending to tropical Africa. Host plants.On Astragalussp.( Fabaceae) ( Miyamoto 1963), Populussp.( Salicaceae) ( Modarres Awal 1996a), bean caper, harmel, pistachio, poplar, saltwort, Seidlitziasp.( Amaranthaceae) ( Modarres Awal 1997b), Indigofera( Fabaceae) ( Linnavuori 2004), Sinapis arvensis( Brassicaceae), Beta vulgarisvar. altissima( Chenopodiaceae) (Sakenin et al. 2008), Crataegussp.( Malaceae) ( Nateq Golestan et al. 2011), in pistachio garden ( Zeinoddini Memand et al. 2012, 2013), and also on Alhagi pseudalhagi( Fabaceae), Peganum harmala( Zygophyllaceae) ( Zeinoddini Memand et al. 2013). According to Ribes & Pagola Carte (2013) A. millierilives on or under a great number of plants belonging to Pinaceae, Cupressaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Anacardiaceae, Fagaceae, Araliaceae, Ranunculaceae, Fabaceae, Poaceae, Cistaceae, Oleaceae; these authors recall that in Saudi Arabia A. millierilives in desertic biotopes but that in Israelit has been collected in cool places.
Comments. Acrosternum milliereiis the vector of Nematospora corylito pistachio trees ( Safavi 1974). Also, an unknown species, Acrosternumsp., was recorded by Hashemi Rad et al. (2000, 2002) from Kerman as the pest of pistachio which we suspect that it was A. millierei.