Dufouriellus (Dufouriellus) ater (Dufour, 1833)

Xylocoris ater Dufour, 1833: 104 (as new species): Anthocoris tardus Herrich Schaeffer, 1835: 60; Anthocoris elongatus Fieber, 1836: 106; Solenonotus angustatus Poppius, 1913: 13 .

Distribution in Iran. Fars (Falamarzi et al. 2009), Mazandaran (Erfanfar 2014).

General distribution. Euro Siberian, Canada, USA.

Plant associates. Salix sp. ( Salicaceae) (Dalamarzi et al. 2009); under barks of Pinus (Pinaceae), Abies sp. (Abietinae), Ulmus sp. ( Ulmaceae), Sambucus sp. ( Caprifoliaceae), Robinia sp. ( Fabaceae), Ficus sp. ( Moraceae), Malus sp. ( Rosaceae), Eucalyptus sp. ( Myrtaceae) (Péricart 1972).

Prey records. Scolytus mali (Bechstein, 1805) ( Coleoptera: Scolytidae) (Péricart 1972).