Orius (Heterorius) minutus (LINNAEUS, 1758)

Ghahari, Hassan, Moulet, Pierre & Behnood, Saeid, 2015, New data on the predator Heteroptera from Mazandaran and Golestan provinces, northern Iran, Linzer biologische Beiträge 47 (1), pp. 505-511 : 507

Orius (Heterorius) minutus (LINNAEUS, 1758)

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Mazandaran province, Qaemshahr, 3♀♀, 333, 6.iv.2013.

G e n e r a l d i s t r i b u t i o n: Widespread in Europe and Palaearctic Asia, introduced to North America (PERICART 1996; HENRY 1988).

B i o l o g y: This species preys Aphids, Psyllids, Jassidae , eggs of bugs and of butterflies, it is not improbable that it partially be phytophagous ( PÉRICART 1972).