Orius (Dimorphella) latibasis Ghauri, 1972

Ballal, Chandish R., Akbar, Shahid Ali, Yamada, Kazutaka, Wachkoo, Aijaz Ahmad & Varshney, Richa, 2018, Annotated catalogue of the flower bugs from India (Heteroptera: Anthocoridae, Lasiochilidae), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 58 (1), pp. 207-226 : 217

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scientific name	Orius (Dimorphella) latibasis Ghauri, 1972
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Orius (Dimorphella) latibasis Ghauri, 1972a: 415 . HOLOTYPE:, India, Bangalore (= Bengaluru) (BMNH).

Type material examined. HOLOTYPE:, ‘Holo- / type’ [printed circle with red border], ‘collected in the cage of / aphids on Bitter Gourd’ [handwritten], ‘Bangalore / 10. xii.64’ [handwritten], ‘CIBC-IS / Bodhan 53’ [handwritten], ‘41’ [handwritten], ‘A240’ [handwritten], ‘ Orius / (Dimorphella) sp. / M.S.K. Ghauri det. 1965’ [handwritten + printed], ‘ Orius (Dimorphella) / latibasis sp. n. / M.S.K. Ghauri det. 197?’ [handwritten + printed, ones place digit of the year undescribed], ‘Pres by / Com Inst Ent / B M 1972-2’ [printed] ( BMNH) .

Distribution in India. Karnataka: Bangalore ( GHAURI 1972a).

General distribution. Endemic.

Biology. The species is known to feed on aphids on bitter gourd (Momordica charantia) ( GHAURI 1972a).