Brachynema germarii Kolenati 1846
Creators: name: Ghahari, Hassan
name: Moulet, Pierre
name: Rider, David A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Pentatomidae
Brachynema
Brachynema germarii

description: Brachynema germarii (Kolenati, 1846)
Cimex virens Klug, 1845 [sign. d] (non Linnaeus, 1767); Rhaphigster germarii Kolenati, 1846: 56; Pentatoma anabasis Becker, 1867: 110; Pentatoma tetrastigma Walker, 1867: 311 (non Herrich-Schaeffer, 1851); Rhaphigaster biplaga Walker, 1867: 373; Oncoma germari var. flavomarginatus Jakovlev, 1871: 14; Oncoma germari var. grisea Jakovlev, 1871: 32; Brachynema melanota Jakovlev, 1874: 240; Brachynema virens var. alternatum Horváth, 1899: 444.
Distribution in Iran. Alborz, Hormozgan, Markazi, Qazvin, Yazd (Hoberlandt 1997), East Azarbaijan (Modarres Awal 1997a; Gharaat et al. 2009; Hassanzadeh et al. 2009b; Havaskary et al. 2012), Fars (Brown 1966 as B. virens; Hoberlandt 1997; Linnavuori 2012), Golestan (Safavi 1959 as B. virens; Hoberlandt 1997; Heiss 2002; Linnavuori 2008), Guilan, Zanjan (Linnavuori 2008), Isfahan (Hoberlandt 1959 as B. virens, 1997; Brown 1966 as B. virens), Kerman (Seidenstücker 1958 as B. virens; Hoberlandt 1997; Modarres Awal 1997b; Zeinoddini Memand et al. 2012, 2013), Khorasan (Wagner 1968 as B. virens; Modarres Awal 1993, 1996a, 1997b; Hoberlandt 1997; Linnavuori 2008; Mehneh et al. 2010; Nateq Golestan & Modarres Awal 2012), Mazandaran (Seidenstücker 1957 as B. virens; Hoberlandt 1997), Qom (Wagner 1961 as B. virens; Hoberlandt 1997), Semnan (Hoberlandt 1997; Linnavuori 2008), Sistan & Baluchestan (Hoberlandt 1955 as B. virens var. alternatum, 1997; Seidenstücker 1957 as B. virens; Kiritshenko 1966; Safavi 1959 as B. virens var. alternatum; Wagner 1968 as B. virens; Modarres Awal 1997b as B. virens var. alternatum), Tehran (Seidenstücker 1957 and Safavi 1959 as B. virens; Hoberlandt 1997; Modarres Awal 1997b), West Azarbaijan (Linnavuori 2012), Southern Iran (no locality cited) (Modarres Awal 1997b), Iran (no locality cited) (Hoberlandt 1961 and Miyamoto 1963 as B. virens; Rider 2006; Ribes & Pagola Carte 2013).
New data. Isfahan province: 30 km N Natanz, N 33°48’51.1’’ – E 51°40’53.7’’, 4001 ft asl, 7.v.2013; Javinan, Qamsar to Ghohrood road, N 33° 41’ 41.7’’ – E51° 26’ 45.9’’, 6943 ft asl, 9.v.2013 J. Haxaire rec, P. Ducamps det et leg.
General distribution. Western Mediterranean Europe, North Africa (Canary Archipelago), Near East, Central Asia extending to Mongolia, China, Pakistan.
Host plants. On wild Poaceae (Modarres Awal 1996a), wheat (Modarres Awal 1996a, 1997b), bean caper, harmel, seidlitzia, saltwort, sugar-beet (Modarres Awal 1997b), Ephedra major (Ephedraceae), Artemisia sp. (Asteraceae), Kochia sp. (Chenopodiaceae), barley (Nateq Golestan & Modarres Awal 2012), Chenopodiaceae (Linnavuori 2012), in pistachio garden (Modarres Awal 1997b; Zeinoddini Memand et al. 2012); also on Pistachia vera (Anacardiaceae), Alhagi pseudalhagi (Fabaceae), Peganum harmala, Zygophyllum fabago (both Zygophyllaceae), Salsola kali (Salsolaceae), Artemisia annua (Asteraceae) (Zeinoddini Memand et al. 2013); on Beta vulgaris (Amaranthaceae), Sueda vera (Chenopodiaceae) (Ribes & Pagola Carte 2013).
Comments. Brachynema germarii is a vector of Nematospora coryli to pistachio trees (Safavi 1974). An unidentified species, Brachynema sp. was recorded by Hashemi Rad et al. (2000, 2002) from Kerman as the pest of pistachio which we suspect to be B. germarii.
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 38-39, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3837.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/286722