Anthocoris confusus Reuter, 1884

Moulet, Pierre, 2017, Updated catalogue of Iranian Anthocoridae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Cimicomorpha), Zootaxa 4311 (4), pp. 451-479 : 453-454

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4311.4.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:4Db9D300-F33E-406B-8410-E4Af99Ac7C01

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6026863

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/5D332F5C-2450-FF82-15CB-F8ACFEE7FD76

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Plazi

scientific name

Anthocoris confusus Reuter, 1884
status

 

Anthocoris confusus Reuter, 1884

Anthocoris confusus Reuter, 1884: 194 (as new species); Anthocoris confusus var. funestus Horvåth, 1896: 329 ; Anthocoris confusus ab. aterrimus Gravestein, 1945: 122; Anthocoris confusus f. gravesteini Stichel, 1958: 22 ( new name for f. aterrimus Gravestein); Anthocoris confusus f. pallipes Péricart, 1972: 135.

Distribution in Iran. East Azarbaijan ( Ghahari et al. 2011), Fars ( Farzaneh et al. 2011), Golestan ( Ghahari & Ostovan 2006; Ghahari et al. 2011), Guilan ( Linnavuori & Hosseini 2000), Hamadan ( Mirab-Balou et al. 2007, 2008, as A. confosus and A. confuses , respectively), Mazandaran ( Abd-Rabou & Ghahari 2006), Semnan ( Galini et al. 2013), Iran (no exact locality cited) ( Khanjani 2005, 2006).

General distribution. Palaearctic; also known in North America ; in North Africa only cited from Tunisia ( Péricart 1996).

Plant associates. Alfalfa field ( Mirab-Balou et al. 2007, 2008), cotton field ( Ghahari et al. 2011); known on numerous trees (e.g. Acer sp., Betula sp., Alnus sp., Salix sp., Populus sp., Quercus sp., Fagus sp., Carpinus sp., Ulmus sp., Fraxinus sp., Tilla sp., fruit trees, sometimes conifers) ( Péricart 1972).

Prey records. Aphis craccivora Koch, 1854 ( Hemiptera : Aphididae ) ( Khanjani 2005, 2006), whiteflies ( Hemiptera : Aleyrodidae ) ( Abd-Rabou & Ghahari 2006), aphids of tribe Callaphidini ( Hemiptera Aphididae ) ( Péricart 1972).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

Family

Anthocoridae

Genus

Anthocoris

Loc

Anthocoris confusus Reuter, 1884

Moulet, Pierre 2017
2017
Loc

Anthocoris confusus

Pericart 1972: 135
Reuter 1884: 194
1884
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