reported this species from vine mealybug, Planococcus ficus (Signoret) (Hemiptera:
Pseudococcidae).
2.2.31 Exochomus undulatus (Weise 1878)
Kerman (Yazdani and Ebrahimi 1993), Chaharmahal va Bakhtiari (Bagheri and
Mossadegh 1995), Golestan (Montazeri and Mossadegh 1995), Kohkiloyeh va
Boyer Ahmad (Saeedi 1998), Isfahan (Bagheri and Emami 1998), Fars (Fallahzadeh
et al. 2000), Khorasan (Farahi and Sadeghi Namghi 2009), Lorestan (Ansari pour
and Shakarami 2011; Biranvand et al. 2014), Tehran (Ghanbari et al. 2012),
Kermanshah (Gholami Moghaddam et al. 2014).
2.2.32 Hippodamia (Adonia) variegata (Goeze 1777)
This Palearctic famous species is quietly common in different parts of Iran and
mostly has been reported from Alfalfa fields. Tehran province (Vojdani 1965),
Kerman (Koohpayezadeh and Mossadegh 1991), Khorasan (Yaghmaee and Kharazi
Pakdel 1995), Chaharmahal va Bakhtiari (Bagheri and Mossadegh 1995), Golestan
(Montazeri and Mossadegh 1995), Kohkiloyeh va Boyer Ahmad (Saeedi 1998),
Hamedan (Sadeghi and Khanjani 1998), Guilan (Haji-Zadeh et al. 1998), Moghan
plain (Ardebill province) (Lotfalizadeh 2002; Razmjou and Hajizadeh 2000), West
Khorasan (Kalantari and Sadeghi 2000), Qazvin (Mohammadbeigi 2000), Fars
(Alemansoor and Ahmadi 1993; Fallahzadeh et al. 2000), Isfahan (Haghshenas
et al. 2004; Seifollahi et al. 2000), Khuzestan (Ebrahimzadeh and Mossadegh
2004), Sistan and Baluchestan (Modarres Najaf Abadi et al. 2008a, b), Lorestan
(Ansari pour and Shakarami 2011, 2012; Biranvand et al. 2014) Alborz (Ansari pour
2012), Arak, Markazi province (Ahmadi et al. 2012), Tehran (Ghanbari et al. 2012),
Varamin and vicinity (Samin and Shojai 2013), Kermanshah (Gholami Moghaddam
et al. 2014).
2.2.33 Hippodamia tredecimpunctata (Linnaeus 1758)
Chaharmahal va Bakhtiari (Bagheri and Mossadegh 1995), Kohkiloyeh va Boyer
Ahmad (Saeedi 1998).
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Pseudococcidae).
2.2.31 Exochomus undulatus (Weise 1878)
Kerman (Yazdani and Ebrahimi 1993), Chaharmahal va Bakhtiari (Bagheri and
Mossadegh 1995), Golestan (Montazeri and Mossadegh 1995), Kohkiloyeh va
Boyer Ahmad (Saeedi 1998), Isfahan (Bagheri and Emami 1998), Fars (Fallahzadeh
et al. 2000), Khorasan (Farahi and Sadeghi Namghi 2009), Lorestan (Ansari pour
and Shakarami 2011; Biranvand et al. 2014), Tehran (Ghanbari et al. 2012),
Kermanshah (Gholami Moghaddam et al. 2014).
2.2.32 Hippodamia (Adonia) variegata (Goeze 1777)
This Palearctic famous species is quietly common in different parts of Iran and
mostly has been reported from Alfalfa fields. Tehran province (Vojdani 1965),
Kerman (Koohpayezadeh and Mossadegh 1991), Khorasan (Yaghmaee and Kharazi
Pakdel 1995), Chaharmahal va Bakhtiari (Bagheri and Mossadegh 1995), Golestan
(Montazeri and Mossadegh 1995), Kohkiloyeh va Boyer Ahmad (Saeedi 1998),
Hamedan (Sadeghi and Khanjani 1998), Guilan (Haji-Zadeh et al. 1998), Moghan
plain (Ardebill province) (Lotfalizadeh 2002; Razmjou and Hajizadeh 2000), West
Khorasan (Kalantari and Sadeghi 2000), Qazvin (Mohammadbeigi 2000), Fars
(Alemansoor and Ahmadi 1993; Fallahzadeh et al. 2000), Isfahan (Haghshenas
et al. 2004; Seifollahi et al. 2000), Khuzestan (Ebrahimzadeh and Mossadegh
2004), Sistan and Baluchestan (Modarres Najaf Abadi et al. 2008a, b), Lorestan
(Ansari pour and Shakarami 2011, 2012; Biranvand et al. 2014) Alborz (Ansari pour
2012), Arak, Markazi province (Ahmadi et al. 2012), Tehran (Ghanbari et al. 2012),
Varamin and vicinity (Samin and Shojai 2013), Kermanshah (Gholami Moghaddam
et al. 2014).
2.2.33 Hippodamia tredecimpunctata (Linnaeus 1758)
Chaharmahal va Bakhtiari (Bagheri and Mossadegh 1995), Kohkiloyeh va Boyer
Ahmad (Saeedi 1998).
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