Apodiphus amygdali Germar 1817
Creators: name: Ghahari, Hassan
name: Moulet, Pierre
name: Rider, David A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Pentatomidae
Apodiphus
Apodiphus amygdali

description: Apodiphus amygdali (Germar, 1817)
Halys amygdali Germar, 1817: 284; Halys hellenica Lefebvre, 1831: 24; Halys exsculpta Burmeister, 1835: 362.
Distribution in Iran. Alborz (Babmorad 1993; Hoberlandt 1997; Iranipour & Johnson 2010), Ardabil (Modarres Awal 1987), East Azarbaijan (Wagner 1968; Hoberlandt 1997; Modarres Awal 1997a, b; Gharaat et al. 2009; Hassanzadeh et al. 2009a, b; Sadeghi et al. 2009; Khaghaninia et al. 2010a, b, 2011, 2013; Iranipour & Johnson 2010; Havaskary et al. 2012), Fars (Miyamoto 1963; Brown 1966; Ghauri 1977; Hoberlandt 1997; Modarres Awal 1997b), Hormozgan, Markazi (Modarres Awal 1997b), Golestan (Wagner 1968; Ghauri 1977; Hoberlandt 1997), Guilan (Ghauri 1977; Linnavuori 2008), Hamadan (Ghauri 1977; Hoberlandt 1997), Isfahan (Kiritshenko 1949, 1966; Hoberlandt 1959, 1997; Brown 1966; Wagner 1968; Modarres Awal 1997b; Samin & Asgari 2012), Kerman (Hoberlandt 1997; Modarres Awal 1997b; Hashemi Rad et al. 2000; Iranipour & Johnson 2010; Zeinoddini Memand et al. 2012, 2013), Khorasan (Modarres Awal 1996a, 2008; Hoberlandt 1997; Linnavuori 2008; Mehneh et al. 2010; Nateq Golestan & Modarres Awal 2012), Kordestan (Wagner 1961; Brown 1966; Modarres Awal 1997b), Kuhgiloyeh & Boyerahmad (Hoberlandt 1997), Mazandaran (Sakenin et al. 2008), Qazvin (Hoberlandt 1997), Semnan (Kiritshenko 1949; Safavi 1959; Farahbakhsh 1961; Hoberlandt 1997; Modarres Awal 1997b), Sistan & Baluchestan (Hoberlandt 1955; Safavi 1959; Farahbakhsh 1961; Wagner 1968; Modarres Awal 1997b), Tehran (China 1938, Safavi 1959; Farahbakhsh 1961; Ghauri 1977; Hoberlandt 1997; Modarres Awal 1997b), West Azarbaijan (Nateq Golestan 2004; Nateq Golestan et al. 2004, 2010a, b, c, 2011; Gharaat et al. 2009), Zanjan (Askari et al. 2009), Northern Iran (no locality cited) (Jakovlev 1877), Iran (no locality cited) (Oshanin 1906, 1912; Rider 2006).
New data. Isfahan province: Qamsar to Ghohrood road, N33°44’ 44.4’’ – E51° 29’ 05.9’’, 5676 ft asl, 8.v.2013, J. Haxaire rec, P. Ducamps det et leg.
General distribution. North-Western Mediterranean basin from Italy, Caucasus, Central Asia, Near East.
Host plants. On almond, oriental plane (Farahbakhsh 1961; Modarres Awal 1997b), apricot (Farahbakhsh 1961; Modarres Awal 1997b; Askari et al. 2009; Hassanzadeh et al. 2009a; Sadeghi et al. 2009; Khaghaninia et al. 2010a, b, 2011), poplar (Farahbakhsh 1961; Modarres Awal 1997b; Mehneh et al. 2010), Amygdalus sp., Prunus sp. (both Rosaceae) (Wagner 1961; Linnavuori 2008), Tamarix sp. (Tamaricaceae) (Wagner 1968; Modarres Awal 1997b; Linnavuori 2008), Platanus sp. (Platanaceae) (Modarres Awal 1996a, 1997a; Linnavuori 2008), oak, tung (Modarres Awal 1997b), Pistacia sp. (Anacardiaceae) (Modarres Awal 1997b; Linnavuori 2008), Populus sp. (Salicaceae) (Linnavuori 2008), Armeniaca vulgaris (Sakenin et al. 2008; Hassanzadeh et al. 2009b), shade trees (Platanus sp.), Pistacia sp. (Anacardiaceae) (Iranipour & Johnson 2010), Prunus armeniaca, Malus domestica (both (Malaceae), Pistacia sp. (Anacardiaceae) (Nateq Golestan & Modarres Awal 2012), Rubus sp. (Rosaceae), Salix sp. (Salicaceae) (Nateq Golestan et al. 2011), Prunus domestica (Rosaceae) (Sakenin et al. 2008; Nateq Golestan & Modarres Awal 2012), in pistachio garden (Zeinoddini Memand et al. 2012, 2013), and also on Alhagi pseudalhagi (Fabaceae), Peganum harmala (Zygophyllaceae) (Zeinoddini Memand et al. 2013).
description: Published as part of Ghahari, Hassan, Moulet, Pierre & Rider, David A., 2014, An annotated catalog of the Iranian Pentatomoidea (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomomorpha), pp. 1-95 in Zootaxa 3837 (1) on pages 31-32, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3837.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/286722