Parexochomus pubescens ( Kuester , 1848)

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 : 57-58

Parexochomus pubescens ( Kuester, 1848) Figs 13, 22, 44-47

Exochomus pubescens Küster, 1848: 94

Exochomus apicatus Fairmaire, 1884: 59.

Exochomus circumcinctus Sahlberg, 1903: 36.

Platynaspis flavilabris Motschulsky, 1849: 155.

Platynaspis flavilabris Mulsant, 1850b: 947. [Homonym]

Exochomus gestroi Fairmaire, 1875: 540.

Exochomus lugubrivestis Mulsant, 1853: 194.

Exochomus saharae Sicard, 1929: 60

Material examined.

3♂, 5♀: Iran, Lorestan province, VII.2014, lgt. Amir Biranvand, det. Biranvand.

General distribution.

Oriental region, Palestine, Syria ( Poorani 2002), Afghanistan, Algeria, Egypt, France, Greece, Iran, Israel, Italy, Libya, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Tunisia ( Kovář 2007).

Distribution in Iran.

Angohran region, Hormozgan, Tehran (Karaj), Khuzestan (Susangerd), Ramine region, Daran region, Sagdan region ( Duverger 1983), Lorestan ( Jafari and Kamali 2007), Fars, Kerman, Khorasan, Khuzestan, Sistan, and Baluchestan ( Moddarres-Awal 2012).

Ecology.

This species feeds on Bemisia tabaci ( Hemiptera : Aleyrodidae ) and Tetranychus turkestani ( Acari) ( Moddarres-Awal 2012).