Orius (Heterorius) laticollis discolor ( Reuter, 1884 )

Moulet, Pierre, 2017, Updated catalogue of Iranian Anthocoridae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Cimicomorpha), Zootaxa 4311 (4), pp. 451-479 : 463

Orius (Heterorius) laticollis discolor ( Reuter, 1884)

Triphleps discolor Reuter, 1884: 110 (as new species); Orius (Heterorius) laticollis discolor Péricart, 1970: 107 .

Distribution in Iran. Alborz ( Babmorad et al. 2000), Fars (Falamarzi et al. 2009), Guilan ( Linnavuori & Hosseini 2000), Isfahan ( Jafary et al. 2002; Babmorad et al. 2016), Khuzestan ( Sepahvand et al. 2016; Babmorad et al. 2016), Razavi Khorasan ( Linnavuori & Modarres Awal 1998; Babmorad et al. 2016), Iran (no exact locality cited) (Erfanfar et al. 2014).

General distribution. Southernmost Russia, Ukraine, Romania, Caucasian region, Near East ( Israel, Jordan), Iran, central Asia ( Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan), the Maghreb; in Europe only in Spain.

Plant associates. Salix sp. ( Salicaceae ) ( Linnavuori & Modarres Awal 1998), Amygdalus communis (Rosaceae) , Fraxinus rotundifolia (Oleaceae) , Populus alba (Salicaceae) , Prunus persicae , Prunus sp. ( Rosaceae ), Pyrus communis (Rosaceae) , Salix sp. ( Salicaceae ) (Falamarzi et al. 2009), Populus euphratica (Salicaceae) ( Babmorad et al. 2016).

Prey records. Monosteria unicostata (Mulsant & Rey, 1852) ( Heteroptera : Tingidae ) ( Babmorad et al. 2000; Jafary et al. 2002), Hyalopterus pruni (Geoffroy, 1762) , Sipha sp. ( Hemiptera : Aphididae ), Monosteria inermis Horváth, 1899 ( Heteroptera : Tingidae ), Psylla pyricola (Förster, 1848) ( Hemiptera : Psyllidae ) (Falamarzi et al. 2009).