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).

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