Intybia venusta (Erichson, 1840)

Mirutenko, Vladyslav & Ghahari, Hassan, 2016, An annotated checklist of Malachiidae (Coleoptera: Cleroidea) from Iran, Zootaxa 4162 (2), pp. 331-346 : 333

Intybia venusta (Erichson, 1840)

Laius venustus Erichson, 1840 ; Malachius bifasciatus Laporte, 1840 ; Laius abyssinicus Pic, 1917 ; Laius rugosiceps Pic, 1922 ; Laius bedforti Pic, 1928 ; Laius letourneuxi Pic, 1928 .

Regional distribution. Fars ( Arefnia & Tshernyshev 2004, as L. venustus ) , Mazandaran (Ghahari & Tabari 2008, 2010; Ghahari et al. 2008a, b; Sakenin et al. 2008, as L. venustus ), Iran (no locality cited) ( Mirutenko 2013b, as L. venustus ).

General distribution. Egypt, Ethiopia, Niger, Senegal, Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Yemen ( Arefnia & Tshernyshev 2004; Mayor 2007), Iran.

Comments. I. Plonski conducted a revision of the used names within the genera Laius and Intybia ( Plonski 2013) . He proposed a new combination for species name as Intybia venusta (Erichson, 1840) . I. venusta is an egg predator of Lepidoptera in rice fields (Ghahari & Tabari 2008, 2010; Ghahari et al. 2008b), and a predator of aleyrodid whiteflies in citrus fruit plantations ( Arefnia & Tshernyshev 2004).