tried to address a list of described ladybird species plus their distribution and
sometimes their prey as follows.
2.2.1 Adalia bipunctata (Linnaeus 1758)
This species is a common species and has been reported from different parts of Iran,
including Tehran and Mazandaran provinces (Vojdani 1965), Kerman
(Koohpayezadeh and Mossadegh 1991), Khorasan (Yaghmaee and Kharrazi Pakdel
1995), Golestan (Montazeri and Mossadegh 1995), Chaharmahal va Bakhtiari
(Bagheri and Mossadegh 1995; Noorbakhsh 2000), Guilan (Haji-Zadeh et al. 1998),
Hamedan (Ahmadi 2000), Moghan plain (Ardebill province) (Lotfalizadeh 2002;
Razmjou and Hajizadeh 2000), West Azerbaijan (Akbarzadeh Shoukat and Rezvani
2000), West Khorasan (Kalantari and Sadeghi 2000), Qazvin (Mohammadbeigi 2000),
Fars (Fallahzadeh et al. 2000), Isfahan (Haghshenas et al. 2004), Sistan and
Baluchestan (Modarres Najaf Abadi et al. 2008a), Lorestan (Jafari and Kamali 2007;
Ansari pour and Shakarami 2011; Biranvand et al. 2014), Varamin and vicinity (Samin
and Shojai 2013), Kermanshah (Gholami Moghaddam et al. 2014).
2.2.2 Adalia decempunctata (Linnaeus 1758)
Golestan (Montazeri and Mossadegh 1995), Lorestan (Jafari and Kamali 2007;
Ansari pour and Shakarami 2011; Biranvand et al. 2014), Arak, Markazi province
(Ahmadi et al. 2012).
2.2.3 Adalia fasciatopunctata revelierei Muls
Zanjan (Mohiseni et al. 1998).
2.2.4 Adalia tetraspilota (Hope 1831)
Lorestan province (Biranvand et al. 2014).
2.2.5 Anisosticta bitriangularis Say
Khorasan (Yaghmaee and Kharazi-Pakdel 1995).
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