An annotated catalog of the Iranian Pentatomoidea (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomomorpha) Author Ghahari, Hassan Author Moulet, Pierre Author Rider, David A. text Zootaxa 2014 3837 1 1 95 journal article 36815 10.11646/zootaxa.3837.1.1 533c476d-abac-4e19-ac8b-e636e2dd8bda 1175-5326 286722 848FCF21-B70B-401F-ABC2-F9BE1F9DBFFC Phricodus bessaci Villiers, 1959 Phricodus bessaci Villiers, 1959: 1221 ; Phricodus pakistanensis Hamid, 1974: 303 ; Phricodus echinocoris Abbasi, 1986: 123 . Distribution in Iran . Hormozgan, Kerman ( Hoberlandt 1997 ), Iran (no locality cited) ( Rider 2006 ). General distribution. Eremian: Iran , Iraq , Saudi Arabia and Pakistan ; in tropical Africa: Mauritania , Senegal , Sudan , Chad . Host plants. Seems to live on Boraginaceae and particularly on Heliotropum ( Derjanschi & Péricart 2005 ) , in Iran on H. persicum ( Hoberlandt 1997 ) . From the whole material of P. bessaci collected in Iran , 54% belong to macropterous and 46% to brachypterous specimens of different stages ( Hoberlandt 1997 ).