Atractotomus » mali (Meyer-Dür, 1843)

Ghahari, Hassan & Chérot, Frédéric, 2014, An annotated catalog of the Iranian Miridae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Cimicomorpha), Zootaxa 3845 (1), pp. 1-101 : 50

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3845.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6128894
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scientific name	Atractotomus » mali (Meyer-Dür, 1843)
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Distribution in Iran. Ardabil, Tehran ( Linnavuori 2007), West Azarbaijan ( Mostaan 1993; Modarres Awal 1997c), Iran (no locality cited) ( Aukema et al. 2013).

General distribution, hosts and prey. West Palaearctic species; living on deciduous trees such Crataegus sp. , Malus sp., Pyrus sp. and Sorbus sp. ( Linnavuori 2007). Predator notably of European red mite Panonychus ulmi (Koch, 1836) ( Mostaan 1993; Modarres Awal 1997c).

Comments. According to Stonedahl (1990) and Schwartz & Stonedahl (2004), “ A.” mali does not belong to the genus Atractotomus and should be reclassified in another genus, probably to describe still.

References

Aukema, B., Rieger, C. & Rabitsch, W. (2013) Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region. Vol. 6. Supplement. Netherlands Entomological Society. Ponsen & Looijen, Wageningen, 628 pp.

Linnavuori, R. E. (2007) Studies on the Miridae (Heteroptera) of Gilan and the adjacent provinces in northern Iran. II. List of species. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae, 47, 17 - 56.

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.

Mostaan, M. (1993) Natural enemies of European red mite in apple orchards of Oromieh region, West Azarbaijan, Iran. Proceedings of 11 th Iranian Plant Protection Congress, University of Guilan, Rasht, pp. 199.

Schwartz, M. D. & Stonedahl, G. M. (2004) Revision of Phoenicocoris Reuter with description of three new species from North America and a new genus from Japan (Heteroptera: Miridae: Phylinae). American Museum Novitates, 3464, 1 - 55. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1206 / 0003 - 0082 (2004) 464 <0001: roprwd> 2.0. co; 2

Stonedahl, G. M. (1990) Revision and cladistic analysis of the Holarctic genus Atractotomus Fieber (Heteroptera: Miridae: Phylinae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 198, 1 - 88.