Geocoris (Piocoris) luridus (Fieber, 1844)

Ghahari, Hassan & Moulet, Pierre, 2012, An Annotated Catalog of the Iranian Lygaeoidea (excluding Berytidae and Piesmatidae) (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomomorpha), Zootaxa 3408, pp. 1-33 : 11

Geocoris (Piocoris) luridus (Fieber, 1844)

Distribution in Iran. Fars (Linnavuori 2011), Golestan ( Ghahari & Ostovan 2006; Ghahari et al. 2011), Guilan, Zanjan ( Linnavuori 2007), Hamadan, Kordestan, Lorestan, Markazi, Semnan, Yazd ( Modarres Awal 1997b), Hormozgan ( Linnavuori 2004), Isfahan ( Modarres Awal 1997b), Kerman ( Barkhordari et al. 1981), Khorasan ( Modarres Awal 1996b; Linnavuori 2011), Khuzestan ( Modarres Awal 1997b; Abd-Rabou & Ghahari 2006; Linnavuori 2011), Mazandaran ( Ghahari & Ostovan 2006; Abd-Rabou & Ghahari 2006; Ghahari & Ostovan 2006; Ghahari et al. 2011), Sistan & Baluchestan ( Linnavuori 1972), Tehran ( Hoberlandt 1959; Modarres Awal 1997b).

General distribution. Eremian, extending from North Africa to Middle East, Middle Asia, Ethiopia, and Sudan.

Comments. Predator of Pseudococcus citri and Phenococcus aceris ( Modarres Awal 1997b). On Cedonia vulgaris ( Hoberlandt 1959).