Xylocoris (Arrostelus) flavipes (Reuter, 1875)

Piezostethus flavipes Reuter, 1875: 65 (as new species); Triphleps (Dimorphella) frumenti Zacher, 1923: 236; Triphleps sinui Narayanan & Chatterji, 1952: 164; Triphleps ramae Narayanan & Chatterji, 1953: 121; Xylocoris (Arrostelus) transversus Wagner, 1954: 22 .

Distribution in Iran. Hormozgan (Linnavuori 2004b), Khuzestan (Mohagery et al. 1998).

General distribution. North Africa (incl. Canary islands), Azores, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, UAE, Asian Turkey, Iran, Iraq, South East China; Indian subcontinent, Java, Sumatra, USA, south America, tropical Africa; introduced in Central and Western Europe.

Prey records. Xylocoris flavipes is well known to feed upon pests of stored grains, particularly Tribolium castaneum (Herbst, 1797) ( Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) or Oryzaephilus surinamensis (Linnaeus, 1758) ( Coleoptera: Silvanidae) (Carapezza et al. 2014).

Comments. It was shown that X. flavipes does not develop below 20°C and that it actives better around 32°C. It is frequently collected by light traps (Carapezza et al. 2014).