An annotated catalog of the Iranian Miridae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Cimicomorpha)
Ghahari, Hassan
Chérot, Frédéric
Zootaxa
2014
3845
1
1
101
34VJ4
Fallen, 1807
Fallen
1807
[151,807,1052,1077]
Insecta
Miridae
Deraeocoris
Animalia
Hemiptera
10
11
Arthropoda
species
punctulatus
Camptobrochis
Distribution in Iran.Alborz ( Modarres Awal 1997c; Linnavuori 2007), Ardabil ( Modarres Awal 1996; Linnavuori 2007; Havaskary et al.2012), East Azarbaijan ( Hassazadeh et al.2009a, b; Gharaat et al.2009; Ghahari et al.2011), Fars( Alemansoor & Ahmadi 1993; Modarres Awal 1997c; Linnavuori 2009; Zarei et al. 2012), Golestan ( Khormali 2000; Ghahari & Ostovan 2006), Guilan ( Abd-Rabou & Ghahari 2006; Linnavuori 2007), Hamadan (Mirab-balou et al.2007, 2008), Ilam (Linnavuori 2009), Isfahan ( Modarres Awal 1997c; Linnavuori 2009; Rakhshani et al. 2010), Kerman ( Wagner 1961; Kiritshenko 1966, with doubt), Kermanshah (Linnavuori 2009), Khorasan ( Reuter 1904; Modarres Awal 1997b; Linnavuori & Modarres Awal 1999; Havaskary et al.2010), Kordestan (Linnavuori 2009; Ebrahimi et al.2012), Kuhgiloyeh & Boyerahmad (Linnavuori 2009), Lorestan (Linnavuori 2009), Markazi (Linnavuori 2009; Arkani et al.2011), Mazandaran (Heiss & Linnavuori 2002; Ghahari & Ostovan 2006; Ghahari et al.2008a, b, 2009a), Qom ( Wagner 1961), Semnan ( Jakovlev 1877), Sistan & Baluchestan ( Kiritshenko 1966), Tehran ( Lindberg 1938; Linnavuori 2007), West Azarbaijan (Gharaat et al.2009; Linnavuori 2009), Yazd (Linnavuori 2009), Zanjan ( Linnavuori 2007), Northern Iran(no locality cited) ( Jakovlev 1877), Iran(no locality cited) ( Kerzhner & Josifov 1999). General distribution, hosts and prey.Holarctic species, living on numerous plants as a predator of several tiny insects such as Bemisia tabaciGennadius( Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) ( Modarres Awal 1997c; Ghahari & Ostovan 2006) and Lygusspp. especially L. rugulipennisPoppius (Miridae)in alfalfa fields (Mirab-balou et al.2007, 2008) but also able to attack young stems and flowers ( Farahbakhsh 1961).