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 Andrallus spinidens (Fabricius, 1787) Cimex spinidens Fabricius, 1787: 285 ; Asopus geometricus Burmeister, 1835: 380 ; Pentatoma aliena Westwood, 1837: 40 ; Acanthidium cinctum Montrouzier, 1858: 252 ; Audin etia aculeata Ellenrieder, 1862: 137; Apateticus ludovicianus Stoner, 1917: 462 . Distribution in Iran . Guilan ( Linnavuori 2008 ; Ghahari et al . 2011a ), Hormozgan ( Hoberlandt 1997 ), Khorasan ( Modarres Awal 1996a , 1997b , 2008 ), Khuzestan ( Hoberlandt 1955 , 1997 ; Safavi 1959 ; Modarres Awal 1997b ; Linnavuori 2012), Mazandaran ( Modarres Awal 1997b ; Sakenin et al . 2008; Ghahari et al . 2008a , b , 2009, 2011a), Semnan ( Kalaii et al . 2013 ), Northern Iran (no locality cited) ( Mohaghegh 2006 ), Iran (no locality cited) ( Safavi 1976 ; Rider 2006 ; Mohaghegh 2008 ). General distribution. Italy , Greece , Central Asia (incl. Caucasus), Egypt (Sinai), Japan , Australia , Tropical Asia, tropical Africa, New World (North, Central and South America ). Comments. In mountain forests with Fagus sp. ( Fagaceae ), Fraxinus sp. ( Oleaceae ) ( Linnavuori 2008 ), on Abutilon theophrasti ( Malvaceae ), Oryza sativa ( Poaceae ) (Sakenin et al . 2008), in rice fields on Absena velvetleaf ( Malvaceae ), Ricinus communis ( Euphorbiaceae ), Ziziphus spina-christi ( Rhamnaceae ) ( Ghahari et al . 2008a ), in cotton fields on Alcea hyrcana , and Malva montana (both Malvaceae ) ( Ghahari et al . 2011a ). Andrallus spinidens is a powerful predator of Chilo suppressalis Walkr ( Lepidoptera : Pyralidae ) ( Modarres Awal 1997b ; Ghahari et al . 2009), Naranga aenescens Moore ( Lepidoptera : Noctuidae ) in the rice fields of northern Iran (Ghahari et al . 2009), and Melanitis leda (Linnaeus) ( Lepidoptera : Satyridae ); it can suck dead caterpillars ( Péricart 2010 ).