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).
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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