5) Orius (Heterorius) majusculus Reuter, 1884

Trophic status.

Zoophagous.

Distribution.

Euro-Atlantic.

Preys.

Psyllopsis discrepans and Psyllopsis machinosa, from Fraxinus spp., Beograd–Autokomanda, 6.V.2009, collected 1♂.

Orius majusculus was registered as a predator of psyllids (Herard 1986). It is noted as a predator of aphids, such as Diuraphis noxia and Schizaphis graminum in Russia, mites in France, whiteflies in greenhouses in Italy and pear psyllid Cacopsylla pyri in France ( Péricart 1972, Herard 1986).

The present paper reports Orius majusculus as a psyllid predator for the first time in Serbia and Psyllopsis discrepans and Psyllopsis machinosa for the first time as a prey of Orius majusculus .