Maccevethus caucasicus (Kolenati, 1845)

Ghahari, Hassan, Moulet, Pierre, Linnavuori, Rauno E. & Ostovan, Hadi, 2012, An Annotated Catalog of the Iranian Coreidae, Rhopalidae, and Stenocephalidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomomorpha: Coreoidea), Zootaxa 3519, pp. 1-31 : 20

Maccevethus caucasicus (Kolenati, 1845)

Cimex lineola Fabricius, 1787: 302 (nomen praeoc.); Cimex sanctaecrucis Gmelin, 1790: 2178 ; Cimex lineolaris Turton, 1802: 664 ; Corizus caucasicus Kolenati, 1845: 59 (as new species); Stictopleurus elongatus Blöte, 1934: 263 ; Maccevethus houskai Hoberlandt, 1952: 15 ; Maccevethus persicus Seidenstücker, 1964: 23 non Jakovlev, 1881; Maccevethus errans caucasicus Putshkov & Kerzhner, 1983: 81 .

Distribution in Iran. Ardabil ( Modarres Awal 1996b), East Azarbaijan ( Modarres Awal 1997a, 1998; Hassanzadeh et al. 2009b; Ghahari et al. 2010c; Khaghaninia et al. 2010b; Nikdel et al. 2011), Fars ( Hoberlandt & Švihla 1990a; Kment & Baňař 2010; Linnavuori 2012), Ghazvin ( Moulet 1995; Kment & Baňař 2010), Guilan, Semnan ( Linnavuori 2007), Hamadan ( Samin et al. 2011), Hormozgan, Kerman, Mazandaran, Sistan & Baluchestan ( Hoberlandt & Švihla 1990a), Isfahan ( Linnavuori 2012), Khorasan ( Hoberlandt & Švihla 1990a; Modarres Awal 1996a, Linnavuori & Modarres Awal 1998, 2008; Kment & Baňař 2010), Lorestan, Zanjan ( Kment & Baňař 2010), Tehran ( Hoberlandt & Švihla 1990a; Moulet 1995; Linnavuori 2007; Kment & Baňař 2010), West Azarbaijan ( Hoberlandt & Švihla 1990a; Kment & Baňař 2010; Sakenin et al. 2010, as M. errans caucasicus ), Iran (no locality cited) ( Josifov 1966).

General distribution. Ponto-Mediterranean, Transcaucasia, Central Asia, China (North Western regions).

Comments. On Hordeum sp. ( Poaceae ) ( Modarres Awal 1996b), and Asteraceae ( Linnavuori 2007, 2012).

Note. Hoberlandt & Svihla (1990a) did not examine the male genitalia and their records are in question. Only those records revised by Kment & Baňař (2010) can be accepted (P. Kment, personal communication).