Orius (Orius) bifilarus 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 (Orius) bifilarus Ghauri, 1972
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Orius (Orius) bifilarus Ghauri, 1972a: 418 . HOLOTYPE:, Pakistan, Rawalpindi (BMNH).

Type material examined. HOLOTYPE:, ‘Holo- / type’ [printed circle with red border], ‘Nymph feeding mite on / Cannabis sativa’ [handwritten], ‘Rawalpindi / 15.i.64’ [handwritten], ‘C.I.B.C. / M.15.i. 64-1’ [handwritten], ‘47’ [handwritten], ‘C.I.E. COLL. / No. 19850’ [printed + handwritten], ‘Pres by / Com Inst Ent / B M 1972-2’ [printed], ‘ Orius (O.) / bifilarus sp. n. / M.S.K. Ghauri det. 1972’ [handwritten + printed] ( BMNH) .

Distribution in India. Punjab: Jalandhar ( GHAURI 1972a); Uttar Pradesh ( VEER 1984).

General distribution. Pakistan ( GHAURI 1972a), China (Hunan, Sichuan, Yunnan) ( ZHENG & BU 1990, BU & ZHENG 2001), Nepal ( PÉRICART 1996).

Biology. The species was found on number of plant species, reported to feed on mites, thrips and aphids, namely Aphis gossypi Glover, 1877 and Thrips flavus Schrank, 1776 ( GHAURI 1972a, VEER 1984).

References

BU W. - J. & ZHENG L. - Y. 2001: Hemiptera. Lasiochilidae. Lyctocoridae. Anthocoridae. Fauna Sinica, Insecta. Vol. 24. Science Press, Beijing, vii + 267 pp (in Chinese, with English summary).

GHAURI M. S. K. 1972 a: The identity of Orius tantillus (Motschulsky) and notes on Oriental Anthocoridae (Hemiptera, Heteroptera). Journal of Natural History 6: 409 - 421.

PERICART J. 1996: Family Anthocoridae Fieber, 1836 - flower bugs, minute pirate bugs. Pp. 108 - 140. In: AUKEMA B. & RIEGER CH. (eds.): Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region. Vol. 2. Cimicomorpha I. The Netherlands Entomological Society, Amsterdam, xiv + 361 pp.

VEER V. 1984: On some new records of predators of Thrips flavus Schrank and Thrips hawaiiensis Morgan (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) from Dehradun (India). Indian Journal of Forestry 7: 245 - 246.

ZHENG L. - Y & BU W. - J. 1990: A list of Anthocoridae from China. Contributions from the Tianjin Natural History Museum 7: 23 - 27 (in Chinese).