Parexochomus nigripennis (Erichson, 1843)

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 : 54-56

Parexochomus nigripennis (Erichson, 1843) Figs 11, 23, 28, 48-50

Chilocorus nigripennis Erichson, 1843: 267.

Exochomus xanthoderus Fairmaire, 1864: 648.

Material examined.

10♂, 16♀: Iran, Lorestan province, VII.2014, lgt. Amir Biranvand, det. Biranvand.

General distribution.

Oriental region ( Poorani 2002), Afrotropical region, Mediterranean region, Middle East ( Kovář 2007).

Distribution in Iran.

Golestan ( Montazeri and Mossadegh1995), Lorestan ( Jafari and Kamali 2007), Gilan ( Hajizadeh et al. 2003), Fars, Kerman, Khorasan, Khuzestan, Sistan, and Baluchestan ( Moddarres-Awal 2012), Lorestan (current study).

Ecology.

This species feeds usually on the following hemipterans: Acanthococcus abaii ( Eriococcidae ), Agonoscena pistaciae ( Psyllidae ), Bemisia tabaci ( Aleyrodidae ) ( Moddarres-Awal 2012).