Intybia venusta (Erichson, 1840)

Laius venustus Erichson, 1840; Malachius bifasciatus Laporte, 1840; Laius abyssinicus Pic, 1917; Laius rugosiceps Pic, 1922; Laius bedforti Pic, 1928; Laius letourneuxi Pic, 1928 .

Regional distribution. Fars (Arefnia & Tshernyshev 2004, as L. venustus) , Mazandaran (Ghahari & Tabari 2008, 2010; Ghahari et al. 2008a, b; Sakenin et al. 2008, as L. venustus), Iran (no locality cited) (Mirutenko 2013b, as L. venustus).

General distribution. Egypt, Ethiopia, Niger, Senegal, Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Yemen (Arefnia & Tshernyshev 2004; Mayor 2007), Iran.

Comments. I. Plonski conducted a revision of the used names within the genera Laius and Intybia (Plonski 2013) . He proposed a new combination for species name as Intybia venusta (Erichson, 1840) . I. venusta is an egg predator of Lepidoptera in rice fields (Ghahari & Tabari 2008, 2010; Ghahari et al. 2008b), and a predator of aleyrodid whiteflies in citrus fruit plantations (Arefnia & Tshernyshev 2004).