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Palomena viridissima Poda 1761

Description

Palomena viridissima (Poda, 1761)

Cimex viridissimus Poda, 1761: 56; Pentatoma rotundicollis Westwood, 1837: 9; Pentatoma dissimilis Amyot & Serville, 1843: 131 (non Fabricius, 1781); Carpocoris prasina Kolenati, 1846: 48 (non Linnaeus, 1761); Pentatoma (Pentatoma) prasina Gorski, 1852: 93 (non Linnaeus, 1761); Pentatoma (Pentatoma) prasina var. subrubescens Gorski, 1852: 95; Palomena prasinus Fieber, 1861: 339 (non Linnaeus, 1761); Palomena amplificata Distant, 1880: 148; Palomena viridissima var. simulans Puton, 1881: 63; Palomena viridissima var. rubicunda Westhoff, 1884: 43.

Distribution in Iran. Ardabil (Ghahari et al. 2010a), Iran (no locality cited) (Aukema et al. 2013).

General distribution. Palearctic except Great Britain and Scandinavia; also known from the Indian subcontinent.

Comments. Ecology and host plants of P. viridissima are nearly the same as for P. prasina (Ribes & Pagola Carte 2013).

Notes

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 page 44, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3837.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/286722

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Poda
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Hemiptera
Family
Pentatomidae
Genus
Palomena
Species
viridissima
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Palomena viridissima Poda, 1761 sec. Ghahari, Moulet & Rider, 2014

References

  • Aukema, B., Rieger, C. & Rabitsch, W. (2013) Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region. Volume 6. Supplement. The Netherlands Entomological Society, Amsterdam, xxiv + 629 pp.