Xylocoris (Proxylocoris) galactinus (Fieber, 1836)

Moulet, Pierre, 2017, Updated catalogue of Iranian Anthocoridae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Cimicomorpha), Zootaxa 4311 (4), pp. 451-479 : 469

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.6026950
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/5D332F5C-2440-FF93-15CB-FE00FB22FCEB
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Xylocoris (Proxylocoris) galactinus (Fieber, 1836)
status

Treatment

Anthocoris galactinus Fieber, 1836: 107 (as new species); Xylocoris albipennis Herrich Schaeffer, 1850: 171 ; Piezostethus flaccidus Van Duzee, 1914: 14 ; Scoloposcelis discalis Van Duzee, 1914: 15 ; Xylocoris deserti Villiers, 1956: 838 ; Xylocoris palmi Gyllensvärd, 1968: 557 .

Distribution in Iran. Guilan (Linnavuori & Hosseini 2000).

General distribution. Euro Siberian, Caucasus, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Canada, USA.

Plant associates. On leaves or under barks of various trees (Péricart 1972); also in vegetable litter, manure heaps, haystacks (Carapezza et al. 2014).

Prey records. Small arthropods (Saulich & Musolin 2009) particularly grains stored pests (Carapezza et al. 2014); Tetramorium caespitum (Linnaeus, 1758) ( Hymenoptera : Formicidae ) (Péricart 1972).

Biology. X. galactinus can overwinter both in natural and artificial conditions (Saulich & Musolin 2009).

Comments. The species is frequently attracted by light traps (Carapezza et al. 2014).

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Hemiptera
Family	Anthocoridae
Genus	Xylocoris