An Annotated Catalog of the Iranian Lygaeoidea (excluding Berytidae and Piesmatidae) (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomomorpha) Author Ghahari, Hassan Author Moulet, Pierre text Zootaxa 2012 3408 1 33 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.213702 76bef0d0-d8f3-4d77-9049-d6ab86ca3ba6 1175-5326 213702 Plinthisus ( Plinthisus ) longicollis Fieber, 1861 Distribution in Iran . Fars (Linnavuori 2011). General distribution. Holomediterranean, extending to Central Europe, Middle East and Central Asia. Comment. This is a very variable species. The nominate form lives in Western Europe and Maghreb; the form brevicollis Ferrari (= hungaricus Horváth) is an East European and Asian taxon. In Italy , Corsica , Sardegna, and Sicily intermediates exist ( Péricart 1998b ; Aukema & Rieger 2001 ).