Bagrada (Bagrada) hilaris (Burmeister, 1855)

Cimex pictus Fabricius, 1775: 715 (non Drury, 1773); Cimex hilaris Burmeister, 1835; Cimex hebraicus Germar, 1838: 177; Cimex jucundus Klug, 1845: [sign. d]; Bagrada cruciferarum Kirkaldy, 1909: 108; Bagrada (Bagrada) picta var. connectens Horváth, 1936: 29; Bagrada (Bagrada) picta var. modesta Horváth, 1936: 29 .

Distribution in Iran. Hormozgan (Linnavuori 2004), Ilam, Kermanshah (Hoberlandt 1955, Safavi 1959, Modarres Awal 1997b as Bagrada picta (Fabricius, 1776)), Khorasan (Horváth 1936 as Bagrada picta), Khuzestan (Horváth 1936; Hoberlandt 1997), Mazandaran (Sakenin et al. 2008 as Bagrada picta), Sistan & Baluchestan (Hoberlandt 1997), Iran (no locality cited) (Hoberlandt 1961 as Bagrada picta; Derjanschi & Péricart 2005; Rider 2006).

General distribution. North Africa, Near East, Central Asia (Iran, Iraq), Arabian Peninsula, tropical Africa (Cape Verde Archipelago), China. Also Derjanschi and Péricart (2005) mention this species from India and Sri Lanka.

Host plants. On Brassicaceae (Modarres Awal 1997b) and Brassica campestris ( Brassicaceae) (Sakenin et al. 2008); according to Derjanschi & Péricart (2005) B. hilaris feeds on Capparidaceae ( Capparis spp.) and Brassicaceae (e.g. Colza spp.).