Deraeocoris (Plexaris) pilipes ( Reuter, 1879 )

Ghahari, Hassan & Chérot, Frédéric, 2014, An annotated catalog of the Iranian Miridae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Cimicomorpha), Zootaxa 3845 (1), pp. 1-101 : 13

Deraeocoris (Plexaris) pilipes ( Reuter, 1879)

Distribution in Iran. Alborz ( Babmorad et al. 2000; Linnavuori 2007), Ardabil ( Linnavuori 2007), Fars (Linnavuori 2009), Golestan (Ghahari 2013), Guilan ( Linnavuori 2007), Isfahan ( Jafari et al. 2002; Linnavuori 2009; Rakhshani et al. 2010), Kermanshah (Linnavuori 2009), Khorasan ( Wagner 1957; Linnavuori & Modarres Awal 1999), Kordestan (Linnavuori 2009; Ebrahimi et al. 2012), Kuhgiloyeh & Boyerahmad (Linnavuori 2009), Markazi ( Arkani et al. 2011), Sistan & Baluchestan ( Wagner 1957), Tehran ( Linnavuori 2007), West Azarbaijan (Linnavuori 2009; Gharaat et al. 2009 as D. (Camptobrochis) pilipes ), Yazd (Linnavuori 2009), Iran (no locality cited) ( Kerzhner & Josifov 1999).

General distribution, host and prey. Irano-Turanian species; observed on Cyperus sp. , Medicago sativa ( Ebrahimi et al. 2012) and Salix sp. ( Linnavuori & Modarres Awal 1999; Linnavuori 2007, 2009); predator of poplar lace bug Monosteira unicostata ( Heteroptera : Tingidae ) ( Babmorad et al. 2000; Jafari et al. 2002).