Chilocorus bipustulatus (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 : 47-48

Chilocorus bipustulatus (Linnaeus, 1758) Figs 2, 16, 15-20

Coccinella bipustulata Linnaeus, 1758: 367.

Coccinella fasciata Müller, 1776: 68.

Coccinella transversoguttata Börner, 1776: 250.

Coccinella frontalis Thunberg, 1792: 105. [Homonym]

Coccinella testudo Florencourt Chassot, 1796: 214.

Coccinella strigata Fabricius, 1798: 79. [Homonym]

Chilocorus olivetorum Costa, 1839: 104.

Chilocorus minor Sahlberg, 1903: 86.

Material examined.

8♂, 3♀: Iran, Lorestan province, V.2013, lgt. Amir Biranvand, det. Biranvand. 2♂, 1♀: Iran, Semnan province, V.2015, lgt. Mino Toozandejani, det. Biranvand.

General distribution.

Afrotropical region, Nearctic region, Palaearctic region ( Mader 1955, Gordon 1985, Kovář 2007, Canepari 2011) and Oriental region ( Poorani 2002).

Distribution in Iran.

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

Ecology.

This species feeds on a wide range of Hemiptera species: Agonoscena pistaciae ( Psyllidae ), Aonidiella orientalis ( Diaspididae ), Bemisia tabaci ( Aleyrodidae ), Chrysomphalus dictyospermi ( Diaspididae ), Eulecanium prunastri ( Coccidae ), Euphyllura olivina ( Psyllidae ), Salicola kermanensis ( Diaspididae ), Lepidosaphes malicola ( Diaspididae ), Leucaspis pusilla ( Diaspididae ), Maconellicoccus hirsutus ( Pseudococcidae ), Ommatissus binotatus lybicus ( Tropiduchidae ), Parlatoria blanchardi ( Diaspididae ), Parlatoria oleae ( Diaspididae ), Phloeomyzus passerinii ( Aphididae ), Planococcus citri ( Pseudococcidae ), Pseudaulacaspis pentagona ( Diaspididae ), Psylla pyricola ( Psyllidae ) ( Moddarres-Awal 2012) and other coccids, particularly armoured scales ( Hodek 1973, Stansly 1984).