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Miris persicus Reuter 1876

Description

Miris persicus (Reuter 1876)

Distribution in Iran. Chaharmahal & Bakhtiari (Ghahari et al. 2011), Golestan (Reuter 1876 under the combination Pycnoptera persica, female holotype from Astrabad = Gorgan; Kerzhner & Josifov 1999; Ghahari & Ostovan 2006), Kordestan (Abd-Rabou & Ghahari 2005), Mazandaran (Ghahari & Ostovan 2006; Ghahari et al.

2008b), Tehran (Ghahari et al. 2011), Northern Iran (no locality cited) (Farahbakhsh 1961; Modarres Awal 1997c). General distribution, hosts and prey. Azerbaijan, Iran; on hawthorn (Farahbakhsh 1961), Malva parviflora (Ghahari et al. 2011), Vaccaria pyramidata (Abd-Rabou & Ghahari 2005), whitethorn (Modarres Awal 1997c) and Xanthium spinosum (Ghahari et al. 2008b), but also in cotton and rice fields (Ghahari et al. 2011). Predator of aphids, mites (Modarres Awal 1997c) and Bemisia tabaci Gennadius (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) (Ghahari & Ostovan 2006).

Notes

Published as part of Ghahari, Hassan & Chérot, Frédéric, 2014, An annotated catalog of the Iranian Miridae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Cimicomorpha), pp. 1-101 in Zootaxa 3845 (1) on pages 22-23, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3845.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/230400

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Reuter
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Hemiptera
Family
Miridae
Genus
Miris
Species
persicus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Miris persicus Reuter, 1876 sec. Ghahari & Chérot, 2014

References

  • Ghahari, H., Cherot, F., Moulet, P., Carpintero, D. L., Linnavuori, R. E., Sakenin, H. & Ostovan, H. (2011) Heteroptera (Insecta) fauna of Iranian cotton fields and surrounding grasslands. Entomologie faunistique, 64, 3 - 13.
  • Kerzhner, I. M. & Josifov, M. (1999) Miridae. In: Aukema, B. & Rieger, C. (Eds.), Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic region. Vol. 3. Cimicomorpha II. The Netherlands Entomological Society, Amsterdam, pp. 1 - 577.
  • Ghahari, H. & Ostovan, H. (2006) Predator arthropods' fauna of whiteflies (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae) in Mazandaran and Golestan Provinces and their feeding efficiency. Journal of Agriculture and Natural Resources Science, 12 (6), 171 - 180. [in Persian, English Summary]
  • Ghahari, H., Cherot, F., Ostovan, H. & Sakenin, H. (2008 b) Heteroptera from rice fields and surrounding grasslands of northern Iran (Insecta), with special emphasis on predator species. Journal of Entomological Research Society, 10 (1), 13 - 25.
  • Farahbakhsh, G. (1961) Order Heteroptera. In: Farahbakhsh, G. (Ed.), Checklist of important insects and other enemies of plants and agricultural products in Iran. Ministry of Agriculture, Department of Plant Protection, Tehran, pp. 24 - 28.
  • Modarres Awal, M. (1997 c) Family Miridae. In: Modarres Awal, M. (Ed.), List of agricultural pests and their natural enemies in Iran. Ferdowsi University Press, Mashhad, pp. 73 - 75.