Orius (Heterorius) vicinus (Ribaut, 1923)

Moulet, Pierre, 2017, Updated catalogue of Iranian Anthocoridae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Cimicomorpha), Zootaxa 4311 (4), pp. 451-479 : 464-465

Orius (Heterorius) vicinus (Ribaut, 1923)

Triphleps vicinus Ribaut, 1923: 529 (as new species); Orius brevicollis Wagner, 1957: 33 non Rey, 1888.

Distribution in Iran. Fars (Erfanfar & Ostovan 2002, 2005; Falamarzi et al. 2009; Farzaneh et al. 2010a, b, 2011; Ostovan et al. 2015), Golestan (Ghahari et al. 2011; Habibi Nokhandan et al. 2012), Guilan (Linnavuori & Hosseini 2000; Erfanfar 2014), Isfahan (Abd-Rabou & Ghahari 2006), Khuzestan (Sepahvand et al. 2016), Lorestan (Sepahvand et al. 2014, 2016), Kuhgiloyeh & Boyerahmad (Davari et al. 2015), Mazandaran (Ghahari et al. 2008a, 2009c, 2011), Northern Khorasan (Linnavuori & Modarres Awal 1998), Razavi Khorasan (Linnavuori & Modarres Awal 1998; Haddad Sabzevar 2007; Hassanzadeh Awal & Modarres Awal 2010a; Erfanfar 2014), Tehran (Esfandiari 2000), West Azarbaijan (Erfanfar 2014), Yazd (Hassanzadeh et al. 2013), Iran (no exact locality cited) (Erfanfar et al. 2014).

General distribution. Euro Siberian known in North America , doubtful in Algeria.

Plant associates. Alfalfa, corn, sunflower (Haddad Sabzevar 2007), almond (Hassanzadeh et al. 2013), cotton field, Lavandula spica (Lamiaceae) (Ghahari et al. 2011), rice field (Ghahari et al. 2009c), Chenopodium sp. ( Amaranthaceae ) (Linnavuori & Modarres Awal 1998), Mentha sp. ( Lamiaceae ) (Linnavuori & Modarres Awal 1998; Farzaneh et al. 2010b), Zinnia sp. ( Asteraceae ) (Farzaneh et al. 2010b), Amygdalus communis (Rosaceae) , Prunus persicae (Rosaceae) , Punica granatum (Punicaceae) , Salix sp. ( Salicaceae ) (Falamarzi et al. 2009), Malus domesticus Borkh (Rosaceae) , Tagetes sp. ( Asteraceae ) (Ostovan et al. 2015); on many pome fruit trees ( Prunus sp., Malus sp.), trees, schrubs and herbs, Tilia sp. ( Tiliaceae ), Salix sp. ( Salicaceae ), Quercus sp. ( Fagaceae ), Fraxinus sp. ( Oleaceae ), Hedera helix (Araliaceae) , Chenopodium sp. ( Chenopodiaceae ), Mentha sp. ( Lamiaceae ), Heracleum sp. ( Apiaceae ) (Péricart 1972).

Prey records. Whiteflies ( Hemiptera : Aleyrodidae ) (Abd-Rabou & Ghahari 2006), Hyalopterus pruni (Geoffroy, 1762) , Sipha sp. ( Hemiptera : Aphididae ), Aeolothrips sp. ( Thysanoptera : Aeolothripidae ), Frankliniella tenuicornis (Uzel, 1895) ( Thysanoptera : Thripidae ) (Falamarzi et al. 2009); Eucallipterus tiliae ( Hemiptera : Aphididae ), Panonychus ulmi , Eotetranychus tiliarum (Acari: Tetranichydae) (Péricart 1972).