An annotated catalogue of the Iranian Nabidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera)
Author
Ghahari, Hassan
Department of Agriculture, Islamic Azad University, Shahre Rey Branch, Tehran, Iran; e-mail: hghahari @ yahoo. com
Author
Linnavuori, Rauno E.
Saukkokuja 10, FIN- 21220 Raisio, Finland; e-mail: rauno. linnavuori @ kolumbus. fi
Author
Moulet, Pierre
Museum Requien, 67 rue Joseph Vernet, F- 84000 Avignon, France; e-mail: musee. requien @ mairie-avignon. com
Author
Ostovan, Hadi
Department of Entomology, Fars Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Marvdasht, Iran; e-mail: ostovan 2001 @ yahoo. com
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Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae
2010
2010-06-30
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.5325663
0374-1036
5325663
Prostemma
(
Prostemma
)
guttula asiaticum
Kerzhner, 1968
Distribution in
Iran
.
Chahar Mahall va Bakhtiari, Kohgiluyeh va Buyer Ahmad,
Tehran
(
KERZHNER 1968
,
1981
,
1987
(
paratypes
)).
General distribution.
Near East and Central Asia; from Caucasus,
Turkey
, and
Cyprus
to
Tadjikistan
and
Uzbekistan
. Specimens from
Turkey
and the Near East are intermediate between the nominotypical subspecies
P. g.
guttula
(Fabricius, 1787)
and
P. g. asiaticum
(see
KERZHNER 1996
).
Prostemma
g.
guttula
occurs in Europe and north-western Africa (
KERZHNER 1996
).
Comment.
Prostemma
g.
guttula
feeds on pentatomoid species, which are at least twice as large as the predator (KOTT 1995). It would be interesting to see if
P. g. asiaticum
shows the same behaviour.