Orius tantillus (Motschulsky, 1863)

Material examined. KERMAN: Jiroft, 725 m a.s.l., April 2003, 2 ♁♁, H. Ghahari leg., D. L. Carpintero det. New record for Iran.

General distribution. Oriental Region, southern China, Taiwan, Japan, Australia, Micronesia; widely distributed over the Indo-Pacific Region (GHAURI 1972, CASSIS & GROSS 1995, YASUNAGA 1997b, PÉRICART 1996).

Comment. YASUNAGA (1997b) treated O. tantillus as a member of Dimorphella .