Xylocoris (Arrostelus) flavipes (Reuter, 1875)

Moulet, Pierre, 2017, Updated catalogue of Iranian Anthocoridae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Cimicomorpha), Zootaxa 4311 (4), pp. 451-479 : 468

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4311.4.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:4Db9D300-F33E-406B-8410-E4Af99Ac7C01
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6026944
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/5D332F5C-2443-FF90-15CB-FB61FCF6F9A0
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Xylocoris (Arrostelus) flavipes (Reuter, 1875)
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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).