An annotated checklist of Microweiseinae and Sticholotidini of Iran (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae)
Author
Biranvand, Amir
Author
Nedved, Oldrich
Author
Tomaszewska, Wioletta
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Canepari, Claudio
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Shakarami, Jahanshir
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Fekrat, Lida
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Khormizi, Mehdi Zare
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ZooKeys
2016
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37
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.587.8056
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.587.8056
1313-2970-587-37
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Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Coccinellidae
Paracoelopterus berytensis (Weise, 1884)
Paracoelopterus berytensis
(=
Diloponis fuerschi
Yazdani & Ahmadi, 1992)
General distribution.
Greece, Israel, Iran, Lebanon, Morocco, Tunisia (
Kovar
2007
).
Distribution in Iran.
Fars, Sistan and Baluchestan (
Ahmadi and Yazdani 1993
;
Moddarres-Awal 2012
).
Host plants and prey species in Iran.
This species has been collected from almond, ash, date palm, willow and wild pistachio as the predator of
Hemiptera
,
Diaspididae
:
Chionaspis salicis
(Linnaeus),
Lepidosaphes malicola
Borchsenius,
Melanaspis inopinata
(Leonardi),
Parlatoria blanchardi
Targioni Tozzetti,
Pistaciaspis pistaciae
Borchsenius,
Pistaciaspis pistacicola
Borchsenius,
Tecaspis asiatica
Bazarov (
Moddarres-Awal 2012
).