Exochomus quadripustulatus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Biranvand, Amir, Tomaszewska, Wioletta, Li, Wenjing, Nicolas, Vincent, Shakarami, Jahanshir, Fekrat, Lida & Hesami, Shahram, 2017, Review of the tribe Chilocorini Mulsant from Iran (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae), ZooKeys 712, pp. 43-68 : 52

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scientific name	Exochomus quadripustulatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Exochomus quadripustulatus (Linnaeus, 1758) Figs 7-8, 32-34

Coccinella quadripustulata Linnaeus, 1758: 367.

Coccinella lunulata Gmelin, 1790: 1662.

Coccinella quadriverrucata Fabricius, 1792: 288.

Coccinella cassidoides Donovan, 1798: 74.

Coccinella varia Schrank, 1798: 444.

Coccinella distincta Brullé, 1832: 273

Coccinella iberica Motschulsky, 1837: 422.

Coccinella floralis Motschulsky, 1837: 423.

Exochomus haematideus Costa, 1849: 62.

Exochomus unicolor Schaufuss, 1862: 50

Exochomus sexpustulatus Kraatz, 1873:192

Exochomus bilunulatus Weise, 1879: 133.

Exochomus koltzei Weise, 1879: 134.

Exochomus reitteri Schneider, 1881: 16

Exochomus vittatus Fuente, 1910: 444

Material examined.

60♂, 75♀: Iran, Lorestan province, in all seasons, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, lgt. Amir Biranvand, det. Biranvand. 3♂, 3♀: Iran, Semnan province, V.2015, lgt. Mino Toozandejani, det. Biranvand.

General distribution.

Palaearctic Region, Oriental region, Australian region, Nearctic region (USA: California) ( Canepari 2011, Li et al. 2015).

Distribution in Iran.

Widely distributed ( Duverger 1983, Moddarres-Awal 2012).

Ecology.

This species feeds on various species of Hemiptera , namely: Aonidiella orientalis ( Diaspididae ), Aphis fabae ( Aphididae ), Callaphis juglandis ( Aphididae ), Chromaphis juglandicola ( Aphididae ), Eriosoma lanigerum ( Aphididae ), Eulecanium prunastri ( Coccidae ), Euphyllura olivina ( Psyllidae ), Maconellicoccus hirsutus ( Pseudococcidae ), Parlatoria oleae ( Diaspididae ), Psylla pyricola ( Psyllidae ), Saissetia oleae ( Coccidae ) ( Moddarres-Awal 2012), and other aphids and Coccidae ( Uygun 1981, Ülgentürk and Toros 2001, Kaydan et al. 2006, Kaydan et al. 2012).