Pentatoma (Pentatoma) rufipes (Linnaeus, 1758)

Cimex rufipes Linnaeus, 1758: 443; Cimex notatus Poda, 1761: 56; Pentatoma viridiaenea Palisot de Beauvois, 1811: 130: Tropicoris nigricornis Reuter, 1879: 31; Tropicoris rufipes var. moesta Reuter, 1881: 156 .

Distribution in Iran. East Azarbaijan (Sadaghian et al. 2002; Nikdel et al. 2011), Guilan (Hoberlandt 1997; Linnavuori 2008), Iran (no locality cited) (Rider 2006; Ribes & Pagola Carte 2013).

General distribution. Palearctic, India.

Host plants. In France, known in woody formations on Fagaceae, Salicaceae, Betulaceae, Rosaceae, Oleaceae, Tiliaceae (Dusoulier & Lupoli 2006) and also on Pinaceae, Cupressaceae, Taxaceae; it also can feed on feeble insects, eggs, caterpillars but not as much as in the asopines (Ribes & Pagola Carte 2013).