Anthocoris minki minki Dohrn, 1860

Moulet, Pierre, 2017, Updated catalogue of Iranian Anthocoridae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Cimicomorpha), Zootaxa 4311 (4), pp. 451-479 : 455

Anthocoris minki minki Dohrn, 1860

Anthocoris pygmaeus Zetterstedt, 1828 non Fallén, 1807); Anthocoris minki Dohrn, 1860: 162 (as new species); Anthocoris rubicundulus Garbiglietti, 1869: 122 .

Distribution in Iran. Alborz ( Babmorad et al. 2000), Ardabil ( Modarres Awal 1987; Ghahari et al. 2011), East Azarbaijan ( Modarres Awal 1997), Fars ( Ostovan & Niakan 2000; Farzaneh et al. 2011), Golestan ( Ghahari & Ostovan 2006; Ghahari et al. 2011), Isfahan ( Jafary et al. 2002; Babmorad et al. 2016), Mazandaran ( Abd-Rabou & Ghahari 2006; Ghahari et al. 2008a; Ghahari et al. 2011), Razavi Khorasan ( Babmorad et al. 2016), Semnan ( Kalaii et al. 2013; Galini et al. 2013), Zanjan ( Tarasi et al. 2004).

General distribution. European not in Scandinavia.

Plant associates. Poplar ( Tarasi et al. 2004), cotton field, Althea officinalis (Malvaceae) ( Ghahari et al. 2011), Fraxinus sp. ( Oleaceae ), Olea europaea (Oleaceae) , Punica granatum (Punicaceae) ( Farzaneh et al. 2011), Populus euphratica (Salicaceae) ( Babmorad et al. 2016), Populus italica , P. nigra , P. alba , P. pyrampidalis (Salicaceae) ( Péricart 1972); according to Saulich & Musolin (2009) it develops only on Fraxinus .

Prey records. Monosteria unicostata (Mulsant & Rey, 1852) ( Heteroptera : Tingidae ) ( Babmorad et al. 2000; Jafary et al. 2002), whiteflies ( Hemiptera : Aleyrodidae ) ( Abd-Rabou & Ghahari 2006), Euphyllura olivina (Costa, 1839) ( Hemiptera : Psyllidae ), Psyllopsis fraxini (Linnaeus, 1758) ( Hemiptera : Psyllidae ) ( Farzaneh et al. 2011); Pemphigus bursarius (Linnaeus, 1758) , P. filaginis (Boyer de Fonscolombe, 1841) , P. spirothecae Passerini, 1856 , Chaitaphorus leucomelas Koch, 1854 ( Hemiptera : Aphididae ) ( Péricart 1972).