Orius niger (Wolff, 1811)

Distribution in Iran. Ardabil (LINNAVUORI & HOSSEINI 2000), East Azarbaijan (MODARRES AWAL 1987, 1997; SADEGHI et al. 2009), Fars (OSTOVAN 1998, OSTOVAN & NIAKAN 2000, GANJI 2007, FALAMARZI et al. 2009), Guilan (LINNAVUORI & HOSSEINI 2000), Hamedan (EGHBALIAN et al. 2008), Isfahan (MODARRES AWAL 1987, 1997), Kerman (KIRITSHENKO 1966, as O. niger var. ullrichi), Khorasan (LINNAVUORI & MODARRES AWAL 1998, HADDAD SABZEVAR 2007), Mazandaran (GHAHARI et al. 2008), Semnan (NIKNAM 2000, ABD- RABOU & GHAHARI 2006), West Azarbaijan (MODARRES AWAL 1987, 1997).

General distribution. Widespread in Europe (from Great Britain to Russia), North Africa (Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia), and Palaearctic Asia (from Turkey to India and China) (PÉRICART 1996).