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Orius (Dimorphella) maxidentex Ghauri 1972

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Orius (Dimorphella) maxidentex Ghauri, 1972

Distribution in Iran. Hormozgan (Erfanfar et al. 2010; Erfanfar 2014).

General distribution. Iran, UAE, India, Pakistan, Thailand, Sudan.

Plant associates. Althaea sp. (Malvaceae), Gaillardia grandiflora (Asteraceae), Ocimum basilicum (Lamiaceae), Zinnia violacea (= Z. elegans) (Asteraceae) (Erfanfar et al. 2010). Eriobotrya japonica (Rosaceae), Gossypum sp. (Malvaceae), Mangifera indica (Anacardiaceae), Sorghum sp. (Poaceae) (Carapezza et al. 2014).

Prey records. Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius, 1889) (Stenorrhyncha: Aleyrodidae), Scirtothrips dorsalis Hood, 1919, Thrips palmi Karny, 1925, Halothrips tolerabilis Priesner, 1936, Florithrips traegardhi Trybom, 1911 (all Thysanoptera: Thripidae), Contarinia sorghicola (Coquillet, 1898) (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) (Carapezza et al. 2014).

Biology. There are only 4 nymphal instars in this species (Saulich & Musolin 2009). It was collected by light traps and water pan traps (Carapezza et al. 2014).

Comments. In India and Thailand, O. maxidentex is tought to be of a great agricultural importance in biological control programs (Carapezza et al. 2014).

Notes

Published as part of Moulet, Pierre, 2017, Updated catalogue of Iranian Anthocoridae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Cimicomorpha), pp. 451-479 in Zootaxa 4311 (4) on page 462, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4311.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/848339

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Ghauri
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Hemiptera
Family
Anthocoridae
Genus
Orius
Species
maxidentex
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Orius (Dimorphella) maxidentex Ghauri, 1972 sec. Moulet, 2017

References

  • Erfanfar, D., Ostovan, H. & Sarafrazi, A. (2010) The first report of Orius maxidentex (Hemiptera: Anthocoridae) from Iran. Plant Protection Journal, 2 (4), 339 - 344.
  • Carapezza, A., Linnavuori, R. E. & Kment, P. (2014) Order Hemiptera, suborder Heteroptera. Infraorder Cimicomorpha, families Tingidae, Nabidae and Anthocoridae. Arthropod fauna of the UAE, 5, 148 - 186.
  • Saulich, A. Kh. & Musolin, D. L. (2009) Seasonal development and ecology of anthocorids (Heteroptera, Anthocoridae). Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie, 88 (2), 257 - 291 [in Russian, translated in English in Entomological Review, 89, 501 - 528] https: // doi. org / 10.1134 / s 0013873809050017