Acrosternum breviceps (Jakovlev, 1889)

Nezara breviceps Jkovlev, 1889: 323; Nezara sahlbergi Reuter, 1900: 236; Nezara satunini Jakovlev, 1903: 290; Nezara (Acrosternum) bactriana Kiritshenko, 1912: 382 .

Distribution in Iran. Ardabil (Modarres Awal 1996b, 1997b), East Azarbaijan (Modarres Awal 1997a; Havaskary et al. 2012), Fars, Khuzestan (Linnavuori 2012), Guilan, Zanjan (Linnavuori 2008), Hormozgan (Wagner 1968), Isfahan (Hoberlandt 1997), Khorasan (Modarres Awal 1996a, 1997b, 2008; Linnavuori 2008), Mazandaran (Sakenin et al. 2008), Tehran (Wagner 1968; Linnavuori 2008), Iran (no locality cited) (Rider 2006; Ribes & Pagola Carte 2013).

General distribution. Asia from Asian part of Turkey, Caucasus, central Asia and Saudi Arabia.

Host plants. On Pinus sp. ( Pinaceae) (Modarres Awal 1996b, 1997b; Sakenin et al. 2008), Verbena officinalis ( Verbenaceae) (Sakenin et al. 2008), alfalfa (Mehneh et al. 2010). Also, in Azerbaijan lives on shrubs, in wet meadows, on halophytes or on cotton ( Gossypium spp.) ( Malvaceae) (Ribes & Pagola Carte 2013).