An annotated catalogue of the Iranian Anthocoridae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Cimicomorpha)
Ghahari Hassan, Carpintero Diego Leonardo, Ostovan Hadi
Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 49(1): 43-58, 2009
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Abstract: A total of 47 anthocorid species (Heteroptera: Anthocoridae) from 10 genera,
including Amphiareus Distant, 1904, Anthocoris Fallén, 1814, Buchana- niella
Reuter, 1884, Cardiastethus Fieber, 1860, Dufouriellus Kirkaldy, 1906,
Elatophilus Reuter, 1884, Lyctocoris Hahn, 1836, Orius Wolff, 1811, Temnostethus
Fieber, 1860, and Xylocoris Dufour, 1831, are catalogued from Iran. The
following five species are new for Iran: Elatophilus (Euhadrocerus) hebraicus
Péricart, 1967, Buchananiella continua (White, 1880), Cardiastethus
fasciiventris (Garbiglietti, 1869), Orius (Heterorius) strigicollis (Poppius,
1915), and Orius (Dimorphella) tantillus (Motschulsky, 1863). Buchananiella
pseudococci (Wagner, 1951), comb. nov., is transferred from the genus
Cardiastethus.
Key words: Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Anthocoridae, new combination, faunistics, Iran, Palaearctic Region