Cydnus aterrimus ( Forster 1771 )

Ghahari, Hassan, Chérot, Frédéric, Linnavuori, Rauno & Ostovan, Hadi, 2009, Annotated catalogue of Iranian burrower bugs (Heteroptera, Pentatomoidea, Cydnidae), ZooKeys 26 (26), pp. 3-31 : 5

6) Cydnus aterrimus ( Forster 1771)

Cimex aterrimus Forster, 1771: 71 (as new species).

Cydnus aterrimus: Dallas 1851: 121 (new combination).

Cydnus infernalis Kiritshenko 1966: 799 (as new species; the synonymy by Lis 1996: 405).

Iran records: Askari et al. 2009: 562; Baroughi 1978: 22; Hassanzadeh et al. 2009: 22; Hassanzadeh et al. 2009: 529; Hoberlandt 1955: 122, 1995: 187; Lindberg 1938: 89; Linnavuori 2007: 88; Lis 1999: 180, 2006: 124; Modarres Awal 1987: 19, 1996a: 127, 1997: 71, 2008: 246; Sadeghi et al. 2009: 499; Safavi 1959: 31; Wagner 1968: 438.

Distribution in Iran: Bushehr, East Azarbaijan, Fars, Golestan, Gorgan, Kerman, Khorasan, Mazandaran, Sistan & Balouchestan, Tehran, Zanjan provinces.

Distribution outside Iran: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaidjan, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bosnia Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canary Islands, China (Neimenggu, Ningxia), Congo (?), Crimea, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Egypt, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iraq, India, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kirgizia, Lebanon, Libya, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Madeira, Malta, Malaya (?), Malta, Moldavia, Morocco, Netherlands, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia (South European Territory, West Siberia), Senegal, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa (introduction), Spain, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Syria, Tadzhikistan, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, USA (introduction), Uzbekistan, West Indies (introduction), Yemen.