Xylocoris (Arrostelus) flavipes (Reuter, 1875)

Moulet, Pierre, 2017, Updated catalogue of Iranian Anthocoridae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Cimicomorpha), Zootaxa 4311 (4), pp. 451-479 : 468

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4311.4.1

publication LSID

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6026944

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Xylocoris (Arrostelus) flavipes (Reuter, 1875)
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Xylocoris (Arrostelus) flavipes (Reuter, 1875)

Piezostethus flavipes Reuter, 1875: 65 (as new species); Triphleps (Dimorphella) frumenti Zacher, 1923: 236 ; Triphleps sinui Narayanan & Chatterji, 1952: 164 ; Triphleps ramae Narayanan & Chatterji, 1953: 121 ; Xylocoris (Arrostelus) transversus Wagner, 1954: 22 .

Distribution in Iran. Hormozgan (Linnavuori 2004b), Khuzestan (Mohagery et al. 1998).

General distribution. North Africa (incl. Canary islands), Azores, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, UAE, Asian Turkey, Iran, Iraq, South East China; Indian subcontinent, Java, Sumatra, USA, south America, tropical Africa; introduced in Central and Western Europe.

Prey records. Xylocoris flavipes is well known to feed upon pests of stored grains, particularly Tribolium castaneum (Herbst, 1797) ( Coleoptera : Tenebrionidae ) or Oryzaephilus surinamensis (Linnaeus, 1758) ( Coleoptera : Silvanidae ) (Carapezza et al. 2014).

Comments. It was shown that X. flavipes does not develop below 20°C and that it actives better around 32°C. It is frequently collected by light traps (Carapezza et al. 2014).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

Family

Anthocoridae

Genus

Xylocoris

Loc

Xylocoris (Arrostelus) flavipes (Reuter, 1875)

Moulet, Pierre 2017
2017
Loc

Xylocoris (Arrostelus) transversus

Wagner 1954: 22
1954
Loc

Triphleps ramae

Narayanan & Chatterji 1953: 121
1953
Loc

Triphleps sinui

Narayanan & Chatterji 1952: 164
1952
Loc

Triphleps (Dimorphella) frumenti

Zacher 1923: 236
1923
Loc

Piezostethus flavipes

Reuter 1875: 65
1875
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