Phyllomorpha lacerata Herrich-Schaffer 1835

Phyllomorpha lacerata Herrich-Schäffer, 1835

Phyllomorpha laceratus Herrich-Schäffer, 1835: 41, 73.

Phyllomorpha persica Westwood, 1841: 8. Synonymized by Horváth (1889: 326).

Paranotocoris echinus Ahmad & Shadab, 1974: 181 –186, figs 1–8, syn. nov. Holotype: male, Pakistan, Baluchistan, Mekran, 8 mile to Turbat on Kalat and Turbat Highway, 24.iv.1969, I. Ahmad lgt. (coll. Natural History Museum, Department of Zoology, University of Karachi).

Paranotocoris echinus: Ahmad et al. (1977: 14: figs 4, 24, 37) (catalogue, habitus figure); Ahmad (1979: 42) (checklist); Ahmad (1980: 131) (checklist).

Taxonomy. As it was discussed above, the original description and illustrations of Paranotocoris echinus fit perfectly the characters of Ph. lacerata. In spite of occurrence of Ph. lacerata in the neighbouring regions of Afghanistan and Iran (including the Iranian province of Sistan and Baluchistan) (see Wagner 1961, 1968; Kiritshenko 1963; Brown 1966; Hoberlandt 1989; Hoberlandt & Švihla 1990; Linnavuori 2007, 2012; Ghahari et al. 2012), the latter species was omitted by the authors when diagnosing P. e c h i n u s. We propose the following new subjective synonymy: Paranotocoris echinus Ahmad & Shadab, 1974, syn. nov. = Phyllomorpha lacerata Herrich- Schäffer, 1835.

Distribution. Southern Europe (Albania, Greece, Italy,? Yugoslavia), North Africa (Algeria), Near East (Asian Turkey, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria), Transcaucasia (Azerbaijan, Armenia), Central Asia (Asian Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan), Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan (Dolling 2006). There seems to be no reliable record published from the former Yugoslavia (see Protiċ 2001).