Anthocoris minki minki Dohrn, 1860

Anthocoris pygmaeus Zetterstedt, 1828 non Fallén, 1807); Anthocoris minki Dohrn, 1860: 162 (as new species); Anthocoris rubicundulus Garbiglietti, 1869: 122 .

Distribution in Iran. Alborz (Babmorad et al. 2000), Ardabil (Modarres Awal 1987; Ghahari et al. 2011), East Azarbaijan (Modarres Awal 1997), Fars (Ostovan & Niakan 2000; Farzaneh et al. 2011), Golestan (Ghahari & Ostovan 2006; Ghahari et al. 2011), Isfahan (Jafary et al. 2002; Babmorad et al. 2016), Mazandaran (Abd-Rabou & Ghahari 2006; Ghahari et al. 2008a; Ghahari et al. 2011), Razavi Khorasan (Babmorad et al. 2016), Semnan (Kalaii et al. 2013; Galini et al. 2013), Zanjan (Tarasi et al. 2004).

General distribution. European not in Scandinavia.

Plant associates. Poplar (Tarasi et al. 2004), cotton field, Althea officinalis (Malvaceae) (Ghahari et al. 2011), Fraxinus sp. ( Oleaceae), Olea europaea (Oleaceae), Punica granatum (Punicaceae) (Farzaneh et al. 2011), Populus euphratica (Salicaceae) (Babmorad et al. 2016), Populus italica, P. nigra, P. alba, P. pyrampidalis (Salicaceae) (Péricart 1972); according to Saulich & Musolin (2009) it develops only on Fraxinus .

Prey records. Monosteria unicostata (Mulsant & Rey, 1852) ( Heteroptera: Tingidae) (Babmorad et al. 2000; Jafary et al. 2002), whiteflies ( Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) (Abd-Rabou & Ghahari 2006), Euphyllura olivina (Costa, 1839) ( Hemiptera: Psyllidae), Psyllopsis fraxini (Linnaeus, 1758) ( Hemiptera: Psyllidae) (Farzaneh et al. 2011); Pemphigus bursarius (Linnaeus, 1758), P. filaginis (Boyer de Fonscolombe, 1841), P. spirothecae Passerini, 1856, Chaitaphorus leucomelas Koch, 1854 ( Hemiptera: Aphididae) (Péricart 1972).