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Orius (Microtrachelia) retamae Noualhier 1893

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Orius (Microtrachelia) retamae Noualhier, 1893

Triphleps retamae Noualhier, 1893: 14 (as new species); Microtrachelia dimorpha Blöte, 1929: 162.

Distribution in Iran. Fars (Farzaneh et al. 2009, 2010a, b, 2011; Erfanfar 2014), Kuhgiloyeh & Boyerahmad, Semnan, Yazd (Erfanfar 2014), Iran (no exact locality cited) (Erfanfar et al. 2014, 2015).

General distribution. Canary Islands, Iran.

Plant associates. Acacia salicina (Fabaceae) (Farzaneh et al. 2009), Mentha longifolia (Lamiaceae) (Farzaneh et al. 2010b); Adenocarpus viscosus, Cytisus proliferus, Spartocytisus nubigenus (Fabaceae) (Péricart 1972).

Biology. Two alary forms have been cited in ♂ and 3 in ♀ of this species (Saulich & Musolin 2009).

Comments: O. retamae is an endemic species to Canary Islands and records from Iran probably are accidental introductions (P. Moulet).

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 465, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4311.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/848339

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Biodiversity

Family
Anthocoridae
Genus
Orius
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Hemiptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Noualhier
Species
retamae
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Orius (Microtrachelia) retamae Noualhier, 1893 sec. Moulet, 2017