Orius (Dimorphella) maxidentex Ghauri, 1972

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

Orius (Dimorphella) maxidentex Ghauri, 1972

Orius indicus (misidentification): RAJESEKHARA & CHATTERJI (1970: 364–367).

Orius (Dimorphella) maxidentex Ghauri, 1972a: 414 . HOLOTYPE:, Pakistan, Hangu (BMNH).

Type material examined. HOLOTYPE:, ‘Holo / type’ [printed circle with red border], ‘1353’ [handwritten], ‘adult on Eriobotrya japonica’ [handwritten], ‘Hangu / 9.12.62’ [handwritten], ‘C.I.B.C. / PF.12/62-30’ [handwritten], ‘Pres by / Com Inst Ent / B M 1972-2’ [printed], ‘ Orius (Dimorphella) / maxidentex sp.n. / M.S.K. Ghauri det.1972’ [handwritten + printed] ( BMNH) .

Additional material examined. INDIA: ANDAMAN NICOBAR ISLANDS: Sippighat, iii.2012, 4 ♀♀ ( TKPM, NBAIR). KARNATAKA: Dharwad, v.2016, 1 1 ♀ ( TKPM); Kunigal, 3.iv.2014, 1 ( TKPM) .

Distribution in India. Andaman Nicobar Islands (this paper); Karnataka: Bangalore, Kanakapura, Mysore, ( GHAURI 1972a), Kunigal (this paper); New Delhi ( GHAURI 1972a); Tamil Nadu: Coimbatore, Kovilpatti ( GHAURI 1972a, MURALEEDHARAN 1977c).

General distribution. Pakistan ( GHAURI 1972a), Sudan ( GHAURI 1972a), Iran ( ERFAN et al. 2010), United Arab Emirates ( CARAPEZZA et al. 2014), Thailand ( YAMADA et al. 2016b).

Biology. The species has been collected from onion (Allium cepa), sesame (Sesamum indicum), garlic (Allium sativum), sorghum (Sorghum bicolor), Brassica nigra, and reported to feed on thrips such as Thrips tabaci, T. palmi, Frankliniella schultzei, Scirtothrips dorsalis, the aphid Lipaphis erysimi, the sorghum midge Contarinia sorghicola (Coquillett, 1899), and the mite Eriophyes sp. ( GHAURI 1972a, ANANTHAKRISHNAN & THANGAVELU 1976, RAO 1976, SAXENA 1975, MURALEEDHARAN & ANANTHAKRISHNAN 1978b, KUMAR & ANANTHAKRISHNAN 1984, ANANTHAKRISHNAN & SURESHKUMAR 1985, THONTADARYA & RAO 1987, BALLAL & YAMADA 2016). Orius maxidentex was recorded on black gram, watermelon plant, Wedelia trilobata, castor, cashew, Butea sp., Cassia fistula, Justica, Albizia, and is associated with thrips species (this paper).