Alloeorhynchus (Alloeorhynchus) flavipes (Fieber, 1836)

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Material examined. None.

Distribution. Palaearctic. Southern Europe, northern and eastern Mediterranean basin, east to northeastern Iran.

Previous records. Reuter and Poppius, 1909:33, 45 (Nazareth); Bodenheimer, 1937: 205 (“ Palestine ”).

Biology. This species lives under plants and stones in dry places, usually at or near forests, and feeds on other bugs, mainly small Lygaeidae . It overwinters in forest litter (Carayon, 1949a).

Comment. This species is not represented in the TAUI collection.