Orius (Heterorius) horvathi (Reuter, 1884)

Triphleps horvathi Reuter, 1884: 95 (as new species); Orius (Heterorius) ribauti Wagner, 1952: 45 .

Distribution in Iran. Ardabil (Linnavuori & Hosseini 2000), Chaharmahal & Bakhtiari (Esfandiari 2000; Khajehali & Poorjavad 2015), Fars (Modarres Awal 1997; Ostovan & Niakan 2000; Erfanfar & Ostovan 2002; Ostovan & Mirhelli 2005; Ganji 2007; Falamarzi et al. 2009; Farzaneh et al. 2010a, b, 2011; Erfanfar 2014; Ostovan et al. 2015), Golestan (Ghahari et al. 2015), Guilan (Linnavuori & Hosseini 2000), Isfahan (Ghahari et al. 2011), Kerman (Modarres Awal 1997; Razavi & Ahmadi 2016), Kuhgiloyeh & Boyerahmad (Abd-Rabou & Ghahari 2006; Erfanfar 2014; Davari et al. 2015), Mazandaran (Ghahari et al. 2008a, b, 2009c), Northern Khorasan (Malkeshi et al. 1998; Linnavuori & Modarres Awal 1998), Razavi Khorasan (Haddad Sabzevar 2007; Hassanzadeh Awal & Modarres Awal 2010a), Semnan (Niknam 2000; Galini et al. 2013), Yazd (Zare Khormizi et al. 2013), Iran (no exact locality cited) (Ostovan 2004; Erfanfar et al. 2014, 2015).

General distribution. Euro Siberian, Caucasus and Near East (Jordan), not in Scandinavia and Great Britain.

Plant associates. Asteraceae and other herbaceous plants hilly meadows (Linnavuori & Modarres Awal 1998), Alfalfa (Niknam 2000; Hassanzadeh Awal & Modarres Awal 2010a), corn (Haddad Sabzevar 2007), potato, tomato (Niknam 2000), rice field (Ghahari et al. 2008a, b, 2009c), sunflower (Haddad Sabzevar 2007; Hassanzadeh Awal & Modarres Awal 2010a), Zinnia sp. ( Asteraceae) (Farzaneh et al. 2010b), Amygdalus communis (Rosaceae), Crataegus sp. ( Rosaceae), Glycyrrhiza glabra (Fabaceae), Medicago sativa (Fabaceae), Nerium oleander (Apocynaceae), Plantago sp. ( Plantaginaceae), Prunus persicae (Rosaceae), Rosa beggariana (Rosaceae), Salix sp. ( Salicaceae), Zea mays (Poaceae), Zizyphus spinachristi (Rhamnaceae) (Falamarzi et al. 2009), Acacia salicina (Fabaceae), Mentha longifolia (Lamiaceae), Punica granatum (Punicaceae), Zinnia violacea (= Z. elegans Jacquin) ( Asteraceae) (Farzaneh et al. 2011), Absena velvetleaf ( Malvaceae) (Ghahari et al. 2011), Mentha longifolia (Lamiaceae) (Farzaneh et al. 2010b; Ostovan et al. 2015).

Prey records. Aphids of pome fruit trees (Malkeshi et al. 1998), whiteflies ( Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) (Abd- Rabou & Ghahari 2006), Asiphonella cynodonti (Das, B.C., 1918) ( Hemiptera: Aphididae) (Modarres Awal 1997), Hyalopterus pruni (Geoffroy, 1762), Sipha sp. ( Hemiptera: Aphididae), Therioaphis maculata (Buckton, 1899) ( Hemiptera: Aphididae), Thrips meridionalis (Priesner, 1926) ( Thysanoptera: Thripidae) (Falamarzi et al. 2009), Tinocallis nevskyi Remaudiere, Qucdnau & Heie, 1988 ( Hemiptera: Aphididae) (Khajehali & Poorjavad 2015), Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergande) ( Thysanoptera: Thripidae) (Razavi & Ahmadi 2016); Aphis pomi ( Hemiptera: Aphididae) (Péricart 1972).