Exochomus undulatus Weise, 1878

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 : 52-54

Exochomus undulatus Weise, 1878 Figs 9, 27, 35-36

Exochomus undulatus Weise, 1878: 93

Material examined.

10♂, 16♀: Iran, Lorestan province, in all seasons, 2013, 2015, 2016, lgt. Amir Biranvand, det. Biranvand.

General distribution.

Palestine ( Mader 1955), Caucasus ( Duverger 1983), Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Egypt, Georgia, Iraq, Iran, Lebanon, Syria, Tajikistan ( Kovář 2007).

Distribution in Iran.

Lorestan ( Jafari and Kamali 2007), Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari, Fars, Isfahan, Kerman, Khorasan, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad, Qazvin ( Moddarres-Awal 2012), Tehran ( Ghanbari et al. 2012), Markazi ( Ahmadi et al. 2012), Yazd ( Zare Khormizi et al. 2016).

Ecology.

This species feeds usually on Euphyllura olivina ( Hemiptera : Psyllidae ) ( Moddarres-Awal 2012).