Odontoscelis (Odontoscelis) dorsalis (Fabricius, 1803)

Cimex dorsalis Fabricius, 1798: 530; Arctocoris plagiatus Germar, 1839: 48; Odontoscelis seminitens Wagner, 1953: 1 .

Distribution in Iran. Hormozgan (Kiritshenko 1949; Wagner 1968 as Odontoscelis seminitens; Hoberlandt 1995), Kerman, Khorasan, Qom (Hoberlandt 1997), Iran (no locality cited) (Göllner-Scheiding 2006b).

General distribution. North and tropical Africa (Canary Archipelago), Near East, Caucasus, Central Asia and Afghanistan (Hoberlandt 1984).