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Xylocoris (Xylocoris) cursitans

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Xylocoris (Xylocoris) cursitans (Fallén, 1807)

Lygaeus cursitans Fallén, 1807: 74 (as new species); Xylocoris rufipennis Dufour, 1833: 104; Lyctocoris corticalis Hahn, 1836: 21; Xylocoris bicolor Scholtz, 1847: 116; Xylocoris latior Mulsant & Rey, 1852: 106; Xylocoris rogeri Baerensprung, 1858: 196.

Distribution in Iran. Iran (no exact locality cited) (Péricart 1996; Zinovjeva 2014).

General distribution. Palaearctic, North America.

Plant associates. Quercus sp., Fagus sp. (Fagaceae), Fraxinus sp. (Oleaceae), Populus sp. (Salicaceae), Pinus sp. (Pinaceae) (maily on dead or dying trees), Plantago cynops (Plantaginaceae) (Péricart 1972).

Prey records. Springtails sp. (Collembola), Thrips sp. (Thysanoptera), larvae of Ips typographus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), Lyctus crenatus (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae), Rhizophagus sp. (Coleoptera: Monotomidae) (Péricart 1972).

Biology. Both adults and larvae are found under barks of decomposing trees in Great Britain (Saulich & Musolin 2009).

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

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Fallen
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Hemiptera
Family
Anthocoridae
Genus
Xylocoris
Species
cursitans
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Xylocoris (Xylocoris) cursitans (Fallen, 1807) sec. Moulet, 2017