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Orius amnesius Ghauri 1980

  • 1. National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources, Bengaluru, India; e-mail: ballalchandish @ gmail. com
  • 2. Central Institute of Temperate Horticulture, Srinagar, 190007 India; e-mail: kingakbarali @ gmail. com
  • 3. Tokushima Prefectural Museum, Bunka-no-Mori Park, Mukoterayama, Hachiman-cho, Tokushima, 770 - 8070 Japan;
  • 4. Department of Zoology, Government Degree College, Shopian, Jammu and Kashmir, 192303 India; e-mail: aijaz _ shoorida @ yahoo. co. in

Description

Orius amnesius Ghauri, 1980

Orius amnesius Ghauri, 1980: 288. HOLOTYPE:, Nigeria, Kaduna State, Yankara (BMNH).

Material examined. INDIA: KARNATAKA: Bangalore, xi.2012, on rose flower, 1 1 ♀ (TKPM).

Distribution in India. Karnataka: Bangalore (BALLAL & YAMADA 2016).

General distribution. Nigeria (GHAURI 1980).

Biology. The species was reported as a predator of Megalurothrips sjostedti (Trybom, 1910) infesting cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) (GHAURI 1980). In India it was recorded on rose plant (Rosa sp.).

Note. The subgeneric placement of the species has not been established yet.

Notes

Published as part of Ballal, Chandish R., Akbar, Shahid Ali, Yamada, Kazutaka, Wachkoo, Aijaz Ahmad & Varshney, Richa, 2018, Annotated catalogue of the flower bugs from India (Heteroptera: Anthocoridae, Lasiochilidae), pp. 207-226 in Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 58 (1) on page 218, DOI: 10.2478/aemnp-2018-0018, http://zenodo.org/record/3699210

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Ghauri
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Hemiptera
Family
Anthocoridae
Genus
Orius
Species
amnesius
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Orius amnesius Ghauri, 1980 sec. Ballal, Akbar, Yamada, Wachkoo & Varshney, 2018

References

  • GHAURI M. S. K. 1980: Notes on Anthocoridae (Heteroptera) with descriptions of two new species of economic importance from Africa. Bulletin of Entomological Research 70: 287 - 291.
  • BALLAL C. R. & YAMADA K. 2016: Anthocorid predators. Pp. 329 - 366. In: OMKAR (eds): Ecofriendly pest management for food security. Elsevier, London, 727 pp.