Orius (Dimorphella) albidipennis ( Reuter, 1884 )

Moulet, Pierre, 2017, Updated catalogue of Iranian Anthocoridae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Cimicomorpha), Zootaxa 4311 (4), pp. 451-479 : 460-461

Orius (Dimorphella) albidipennis ( Reuter, 1884)

Triphleps albidipennis Reuter, 1884: 96 (as new species); Orius albipennis var. piceus Wagner, 1952: 52 .

Distribution in Iran. Alborz ( Madadi 1999; Erfanfar 2014), Ardabil ( Ostovan 1998; Ghahari et al. 2011), Chaharmahal & Bakhtiari ( Dehghani 2010), East Azarbaijan ( Ostovan 1998), Fars ( Ale-Mansoor & Ahmadi 1993; Modarres Awal 1997; Ostovan 1998; Ostovan & Niakan 2000; Erfanfar & Ostovan 2002; Ostovan & Mirhelli 2005; Ganji 2007; Falamarzi et al. 2009; Dehghani 2010; Farzaneh et al. 2010a, b, 2011; Ghahari et al. 2011; Nemati & Pezhman 2014; Erfanfar 2014; Ostovan et al. 2015), Golestan ( Ghahari & Ostovan 2006; Dehghani 2010; Ghahari et al. 2015), Guilan ( Linnavuori & Hosseini 2000; Erfanfar 2014), Hamadan ( Dehghani 2010; Javadi Khederi & Khanjani 2014), Hormozgan ( Linnavuori 2004a; Dehghani 2010; Erfanfar 2014), Isfahan ( Modarres Awal 1997; Ostovan 1998; Ghahari & Hatami 2000; Razmjoo 2004; Rakhshani et al. 2010; Dehghani 2010; Razmjoo et al. 2011; Bagheri & Nasr Isfahani 2011; Razmjoo 2012; Erfanfar 2014), Kerman ( Dehghani 2010; Erfanfar 2014), Khuzestan ( Afshari et al. 2000; Rajabpour 2011; Rajabpour et al. 2012; Sepahvand et al. 2016), Kordestan ( Javadi Khederi & Khanjani 2014), Kuhgiloyeh & Boyerahmad (Erfanfar 2014; Davari et al. 2015), Lorestan ( Sepahvand et al. 2014, 2016), Mazandaran ( Ghahari et al. 2008a, b, 2009c, 2011, 2015; Erfanfar 2014), Razavi Khorasan ( Ostovan 1998; Linnavuori & Modarres Awal 1998; Haddad Sabzevar 2007; Dehghani 2010; Ghahari et al. 2011; Erfanfar 2014; Keykhosravi et al. 2016), Semnan ( Niknam 2000; Kalaii et al. 2013; Erfanfar 2014), Sistan & Baluchestan ( Abd-Rabou & Ghahari 2006; Dehghani 2010), Tehran ( Ostovan 1998; Dehghani 2010), West Azarbaijan ( Ostovan 1998), Yazd ( Dehghani 2010; Hassanzadeh et al. 2013, 2016; Zare Khormizi et al. 2013; Erfanfar 2014), Iran (no exact locality cited) ( Ostovan 2004; Khanjani 2005; Erfanfar et al. 2014).

General distribution. Northern and Tropical Africa, Near East, Arabian Peninsula, Caucasus, Central Asia, Spain, Canary Islands, Cape Verde Islands, Madeira, India, Pakistan.

Plant associates. Absinthe wormwood, fennel, lemon balm, marshmallow ( Bagheri & Nasr Isfahani 2011), alfalfa ( Niknam 2000; Razmjoo 2004; Haddad Sabzevar 2007; Rakhshani et al. 2010; Farzaneh et al. 2010b, 2011; Razmjoo et al. 2011; Hassanzadeh et al. 2013, 2016), almond, sorghum, ornamental flowers ( Hassanzadeh et al. 2013), corn ( Niknam 2000; Haddad Sabzevar 2007), cotton field ( Niknam 2000; Ghahari et al. 2011), cucumber ( Ostovan 1998), onion ( Ostovan 1998; Niknam 2000; Farzaneh et al. 2010b; Hassanzadeh et al. 2013), potato, sesame, sugar beet, tomato ( Niknam 2000; Salehi et al. 2016), rice fields ( Ghahari et al. 2008a, b, 2009c), sunflower ( Niknam 2000; Haddad Sabzevar 2007; Hassanzadeh et al. 2013, 2016), wheat ( Haddad Sabzevar 2007; Farzaneh et al. 2011; Nemati & Pezhman 2014), Mentha longifolia (L.) ( Lamiaceae ), (Falamarzi et al. 2009; Farzaneh et al. 2010b, 2011; Ostovan et al. 2015), Cardaria draba (Brassicaceae) , Convolvulus arvensis (Convolvulaceae) , Coriandrum sativum (Apiaceae) , Glycyrrhiza glabra (Fabaceae) , Helianthus annus (Asteraceae) , Medicago sativa (Fabaceae) , Myrtus communis (Myrtaceae) , Plantago sp. ( Plantaginaceae ), Polygonum aviculare (Polygonaceae) , Rosa beggariana (Rosaceae) , Spartium junceum (Fabaceae) , Triticum vulgare (Poaceae) (Falamarzi et al. 2009), Tagetes sp. ( Asteraceae ) (Ostovan et al. 2015), Rosa spp . ( Rosaceae ) ( Keykhosravi et al. 2016); Launaea cervicornis , Inula sericea (Asteraceae) , Tamarix (Tamaricaceae) ( Péricart 1972). In Canary islands it was collected on Launaea lanifera (Asteraceae) and Schizogyne sericea (Asteraceae) , in Saudi Arabia on Pulicaria arabica (Asteraceae) and Salsola oppositifolia (Amaranthaceae) , in Yemen on Polygonum senegalense (Polygonaceae) ( Carapezza et al. 2014).

Prey records. Alfalfa aphids ( Hemiptera : Aphididae ) ( Rakhshani et al. 2010), Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius, 1889) ( Hemiptera : Aleyrodidae ) ( Ale-Mansoor & Ahmadi 1993; Modarres Awal 1997), Thrips tabaci (Lindeman, 1889) ( Thysanoptera : Thripidae ) ( Ostovan 1998, 2004; Ostovan & Mirhelli 2005; Khanjani 2005; Kosari et al. 2006a, b), whiteflies ( Hemiptera : Aleyrodidae ) ( Abd-Rabou & Ghahari 2006), Liriomyza trifolii (Burgess, 1880) ( Diptera : Agromyzidae ) ( Khanjani 2005), Tetranychus urticae Koch, 1836 (Acari: Tetranychidae ) ( Khanjani 2005; Kosari et al. 2006a, b; Eskandarlee et al. 2006a, b; Falamarzi et al. 2009; Hassanpour et al. 2010a), Anagasta kuehniella (Zeller, 1879) ( Lepidoptera : Pyralidae ) ( Hassanpour et al. 2008a, b), Helicoverpa armigera Hübner, 1809 ( Lepidoptera : Noctuidae ) ( Hassanpour et al. 2008a, b, 2010a), Haplothrips reuteri (Karny, 1907) ( Thysanoptera : Phlaeothripidae ), Haplothrips tritici (Kurdjumov, 1912) ( Thysanoptera : Phlaeothripidae ), Odontothrips sp. ( Thysanoptera : Thripidae ), Retithrips syriacus (Mayet, 1890) ( Thysanoptera : Thripidae ) (Falamarzi et al. 2009), Aphis gossypii Glover, 1877 ( Hemiptera : Aphidide) ( Yusefi Hazari 2014), Colomerus vitis (Pagenstecher, 1857) (Acari: Eriophyidae ) ( Javadi Khederi & Khanjani 2014), Macrosiphum rosae (Linnaeus, 1758) ( Hemiptera : Aphididae ) ( Keykhosravi et al. 2016), Tetrannychus turkestani (Ugarov & Nikolskii, 1937) (Acari: Tetranychidae ) ( Hassanzadeh et al. 2016), Tuta absoluta (Meyrick, 1917) ( Lepidoptera : Gelechiidae ) ( Salehi et al. 2016), Rhopalosiphum maidis (Fitsch, 1856) ( Hemiptera : Aphididae ), Spodoptera litura Fabricius, 1775 ( Lepidoptera : Noctuidae ), Pectinophora gossypiella (Saunders, 1843) ( Lepidoptera : Gelichiidae), Eryophyes tlaiae Trabut, 1917 (Acari: Eriophiidae) ( Péricart 1972).

Comments. Orius albidipennis does not enter to diapause under short day photophase, so it can be an efficient predator of Thrips tabaci in greenhouses and fields ( Ostovan 2006); while in winter most other species of Anthocoridae (e.g. O. laevigatus ) enter diapause due to the short day length and thrips population increases rapidly ( Sarmiento 2014). Biology and predation behaviour of Orius albidipennis was studied by Mirhelli et al. (2000), Ostovan & Mirhelli (2005), Kosari et al. (2006a, b), Eskandarlee et al. (2006a, b), Hassanpour et al. (2008a, b, 2010a, b), Lotfi et al. (2013), Yusefi Hazari (2014) and Hassanzadeh et al. (2016) under laboratory condition. O. albidipennis has been collected on undergrowth and by light traps ( Carapezza et al. 2014).

Biology. In Russia, O. albidipennis overwinter at adult stage and become active again in late March though in Uzbekistan they do not appear before April; in the same country there are up to 6 generations per year. In Israel ovipositions continue until February ( Saulich & Musolin 2009). In the south (Canary archipelago) the generations develop without diapause ( Saulich & Musolin 2009). Also attracted by light and intercepted by water pan traps and Malaise traps ( Carapezza et al. 2014).