31) Macroscytus brunneus (Fabricius, 1803) Cydnus brunneus Fabricius, 1803: 185 (as new species). Macroscytus brunneus: Fieber 1861: 362 (new combination). Iran records: Hoberlandt 1955: 122, 1995: 185–186; Linnavuori 2004: 285, 2007: 88–89; Lis 1999: 208, 2000: 402–404, 2006: 135; Modarres Awal 1996a: 127, 1997: 71, 2008: 247; Safavi 1959: 31; Seidenstücker, 1957: 73, 1958: 5; Wagner 1968: 437. Distribution in Iran: Abbassi, Fars, Gilan, Hormozgan, Kerman, Khorasan, Lorestan, Sistan & Balouchestan, Tehran, Zanjan provinces. Distribution outside Iran: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Azerbaidjan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Botswana, Cameroon, Canary Islands, Cape Verde Islands, Central African Republic, China (North?), Congo, Croatia, Cyprus, Egypt, Ethiopia, France, Gambia, Ghana, Greece, Guinea, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Ivory Coast, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Lebanon, Libya, Macedonia, Mali, Malta, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Socotra, Somalia, South Africa, Serbia, Spain, Sudan, Switzerland, Syria, Tadzhikistan, Tanzania (incl. Zanzibar), Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tunisia, Uganda, Uzbekistan, Yemen, Zaire, Zambia, Zimbabwe. Comment: Lis (2000) redescribed and illustrated M. brunneus., Published as part of Ghahari, Hassan, Chérot, Frédéric, Linnavuori, Rauno & Ostovan, Hadi, 2009, Annotated catalogue of Iranian burrower bugs (Heteroptera, Pentatomoidea, Cydnidae), pp. 3-31 in ZooKeys 26 (26) on page 14, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.26.214, http://zenodo.org/record/576560, {"references":["Fabricius JC (1803) Systema Rhyngotorum secundum ordines, genera, species adjectis synonymis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. Reichard, Brunsvigae, i-vi + 314 pp.","Fieber FX (1861) Die europaischen Hemiptera. Halbflugler (Rhychota Heteroptera). Gerold's Sohn, Wien, 331 pp.","Hoberlandt L (1955) Hemiptera - Heteroptera from Iran. I. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 29 (1954): 121 - 148.","Hoberlandt L (1995) Results of the Czechoslovak-Iranian entomological expeditions to Iran 1970, 1973 and 1977; Heteroptera: Acanthosomatidae, Cydnidae, Scutelleridae, Pentatomidae. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 44: 181 - 293.","Linnavuori RE (2004) Heteroptera of the Hormozgan province in Iran. III. Cimicomorpha (Anthocoridae, Cantacaderidae, Tingidae), Pentatomorpha (sic). Acta Universitatis Carolina, Biologica 48: 273 - 286.","Linnavuori RE (2007) Studies on the Piesmatidae, Berytidae, Pyrrhocoridae, Stenocephalidae, Coreidae, Rhopalidae, Alydidae, Cydnidae and Plataspidae (Heteroptera) of Gilan and the adjacent provinces in Northern Iran. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 47: 77 - 91.","Lis JA (1999) Burrower bugs of the Old World - a catalogue (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Cydnidae). Genus 10 (2): 165 - 249.","Modarres Awal M (1996 a) Studies on some Pentatomorpha (Heteroptera) fauna in north of Khorasan province. Journal of Agriculture and Science Technology, Mashhad University 9 (2): 121 - 144.","Modarres Awal M (1997) List of agricultural pests and their natural enemies in Iran. Ferdowsi University press, 429 pp.","Modarres Awal M (2008) Contribution to Heteroptera fauna of Khorasan Razavi province of Iran. Turkiye Entomoloji Dergisi 32 (4): 243 - 253.","Safavi M (1959) Monographie des Hemipteres-Heteropteres de l'Iran. Entomologie et Phytopathologie appliquees 18: 31 - 40.","Seidenstucker G (1957) Heteropteren aus Iran 1954. I. Teil Hemiptera-Heteroptera (ohne Fam. Miridae). Jahreshefte des Vereins fur Vaterlandische Naturkunde in Wurttemberg, 112: 66 - 73.","Seidenstucker G (1958) Heteropteren aus Iran 1956. I. Hemiptera-Heteroptera (ohne Familie Miridae). Ergebnisse der Entomologischen Reisen Willi Richter, Stuttgart, in Iran, 1954 und 1956. Nr 17. Stuttgarter Beitrage zur Naturkunde aus dem Staatlichen Museum fur Naturkunde in Stuttgart 11: 1 - 5.","Wagner E (1968) Contribution a la faune de l'Iran. 7. Hemipteres Heteropteres (pro parte). Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France 4 (2): 437 - 453."]}