Orius (Heterorius) minutus Linnaeus, 1758

Ballal, Chandish R., Akbar, Shahid Ali, Yamada, Kazutaka, Wachkoo, Aijaz Ahmad & Varshney, Richa, 2018, Annotated catalogue of the flower bugs from India (Heteroptera: Anthocoridae, Lasiochilidae), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 58 (1), pp. 207-226 : 218

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scientific name	Orius (Heterorius) minutus Linnaeus, 1758
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Cimex minutus Linnaeus, 1758: 446 . NEOTYPE (designated by PÉRICART 1970: 742): France, near Montereau, Marolles (MNHN).

For further synonyms and references of this species, see PÉRICART (1996) and BU & ZHENG (2001).

Material examined. INDIA: ARUNACHAL PRADESH: Pasighat, v.2014, 3 3 ♀♀ ( TKPM, NBAIR).

Distribution in India. Arunachal Pradesh: Pasighat (this paper); Jammu and Kashmir: Kashmir ( BHAGAT 2015); Tamil Nadu ( VISWANATHAN & ANANTHAKRISHNAN 1974).

General distribution. Palaearctic species widespread in Europe, North Africa, Transcaucasia, Kazakhstan, Asian Russia, Mongolia, China, Korea, Japan, Thailand ( PÉRICART 1996, AUKEMA et al. 2013, YAMADA et al. 2016b).

Biology. The species has been reported from quickstick (Gliricidia sepium) feeding on the thrips Taeniothrips distalis Karny, 1913, Frankliniella schultzei, Haplothrips ganglbaueri, and several aphid species (VISWANATHAN & ANANTHAKRISHNAN 1974, BHAGAT 2015, BALLAL & YAMADA 2016).

References

AUKEMA B., RIEGER CH. & RABITSCH W. 2013: Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region. VI. Supplement. The Netherlands Entomological Society, Amsterdam, xxiii + 629 pp.

BALLAL C. R. & YAMADA K. 2016: Anthocorid predators. Pp. 329 - 366. In: OMKAR (eds): Ecofriendly pest management for food security. Elsevier, London, 727 pp.

BHAGAT R. C. 2015: Diversity and updated systematic checklist of Cimicomorpha bugs (Heteroptera: Hemiptera) of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh Himalaya (India). Indian Journal of Fundamental and Applied Life Sciences 5 (1): 275 - 279.

BU W. - J. & ZHENG L. - Y. 2001: Hemiptera. Lasiochilidae. Lyctocoridae. Anthocoridae. Fauna Sinica, Insecta. Vol. 24. Science Press, Beijing, vii + 267 pp (in Chinese, with English summary).

LINNAEUS C. 1758: Systema Naturae per regna triae naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Salvii, Holmiae, v + 824 pp.

PERICART J. 1970: Designation de neotypes, lectotypes et paralectotypes pour diverses especes palearctiques d'Anthocoridae et Microphysidae (Hemiptera). Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France, Nouvelle Serie 6: 733 - 755.

PERICART J. 1996: Family Anthocoridae Fieber, 1836 - flower bugs, minute pirate bugs. Pp. 108 - 140. In: AUKEMA B. & RIEGER CH. (eds.): Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region. Vol. 2. Cimicomorpha I. The Netherlands Entomological Society, Amsterdam, xiv + 361 pp.

VISWANATHAN T. R. & ANANTHAKRISHNAN T. N. 1974: Population fluctuations of 3 species of anthophilous Thysanoptera in relation to the numerical response of their predator, Orius minutus L. (Anthocoridae: Hemiptera). Current Science 43: 19 - 20.

YAMADA K., YASUNAGA T. & ARTCHAWAKOM T. 2016 b: The flower bug genus Orius Wolff, 1811 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Anthocoridae: Oriini) of Thailand. Journal of Natural History 50: 17 - 18.