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

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scientific name	Orius (Dimorphella) maxidentex Ghauri, 1972
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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).

References

ANANTHAKRISHNAN T. N. & THANGAVELU K. 1976: The cereal thrips Haplothrips ganglbaueri Schmutz with particular reference to the trends of infestation on Oryza sativa and the weed Echinochloa crusgalli. Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences 83: 196 - 201.

ANANTHAKRISHNAN T. N. & SURESHKUMAR N. 1985: Anthocorids (Anthocoridae: Heteroptera) as efficient biocontrol agents of thrips (Thysanoptera: Insecta). Current Science 54: 987 - 990.

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

CARAPEZZA A., LINNAVUORI R. E. & KMENT P. 2014: Order Hemiptera, suborder Heteroptera. Infraorder Cimicomorpha, families Tingidae, Nabidae and Anthocoridae. Pp. 148 - 186. In: HARTEN A. VAN (ed.): Arthropod fauna of the United Arab Emirates. Vol. 5. Multiply Marketing Consultancy Services, Abu Dhabi, 744 pp.

ERFAN D., OSTOVAN H. & SARAFRAZI A. 2010: The first report of Orius maxidentex (Hemiptera: Anthocoridae) from Iran. Plant Protection Journal 2: 339 - 344.

GHAURI M. S. K. 1972 a: The identity of Orius tantillus (Motschulsky) and notes on Oriental Anthocoridae (Hemiptera, Heteroptera). Journal of Natural History 6: 409 - 421.

KUMAR N. S. & ANANTHAKRISHNAN T. N. 1984: Predator-thrips interactions with reference to Orius maxidentex Ghauri and Carayanocoris indicus Muraleedharan (Anthocoridae: Heteroptera). Proceedings of the Indian National Science Academy, B 50: 139 - 145.

RAO S. V. R. 1976: Studies on the biology, bionomics and chemical control of the sorghum midge, Contarinia sorghicola (Coquillett). Entomologists' Newsletter 6: 14 - 15.

SAXENA R. C. 1975: Integrated approach for the control of Thrips tabaci Lind. Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences 45: 434 - 436.

THONTADARYA T. S. & RAO K. J. 1987: Biology of Orius maxidentex Ghauri (Hemiptera: Anthocoridae), a predator of the sorghum earhead midge, Contarinia sorghicola (Coquillet). Mysore Journal of Agricultural Sciences 21: 27 - 31.

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.