Orius (Heterorius) minutus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Jerinic-Prodanovic, Dusanka & Protic, Ljiljana, 2013, True bugs (Hemiptera, Heteroptera) as psyllid predators (Hemiptera, Psylloidea), ZooKeys 319, pp. 169-189 : 174-175

6) Orius (Heterorius) minutus (Linnaeus, 1758) Fig. 2

Trophic status.

Zoophagous.

Distribution.

Palaearctic.

Preys.

Baeopelma foersteri (Flor, 1861), from Alnus glutinosa , Radenković, 3.VI.2006, collected 1♀. Cacopsylla melanoneura , from Malus domestica , Beograd–Hotel Jugoslavija, 26.V.2005, reared 1♂; Ilinci, 2.V.2010, reared 1♂, 2♀♀ 'ex larva' 10.V.2010. Cacopsylla picta (Foerster, 1848), from Malus domestica , Beograd–Hotel Jugoslavija, 26.V.2005, reared 1♂. Cacopsylla pyri , from Pyrus communis , Radmilovac, 10.VII.2006, reared 1♂, 2♀♀ 'ex larva' 20.VII.2006; 26.VII.2006, collected 1♂; 4.IX.2006, collected 1♂. Cacopsylla rhamnicola (Scott, 1876), from Rhamnus cathartica , Kelebija, 25.V.2005, reared 1♀ 'ex larva' 6.VI.2005. Camarotoscena speciosa , from Populus nigra , Zemun–Nova Galenika, 1.IX.2008, reared 1♂ 'ex larva' 9.IX.2008; 24.IX.2008, reared 1♂ 'ex larva' 1.X.2008. Homotoma ficus (Linnaeus, 1758), from Ficus carica , Beograd–Banjica, 23.IX.2008, collected 2♂♂, 3♀♀, feeding on eggs. Psyllopsis discrepans , from Fraxinus ornus , Ilinci, 21.V.2005, collected 1♂. Psyllopsis discrepans and Psyllopsis repens , from Fraxinus ornus , Beograd–Autokomanda, 7.IX.2008, reared 5♂♂, 4♀♀ 'ex larva' 11.IX.2008; 21.IX.2008, collected 3♂♂; 23.IX.2008, collected 1♂; 7.X.2008, collected 1♂, 1♀; 14.X.2008, collected 1♀; 21.X.2008, collected 1♀. Psyllopsis fraxinicola , from Fraxinus sp., Vrujci, 1.VII.2009, 1♀. Psyllopsis machinosa , from Fraxinus ornus , Beograd–Autokomanda, 6.V.2009, reared 1♀ 'ex larva' 10.V.2009. Psyllopsis repens , from Fraxinus ornus , Beograd–Autokomanda, 21.VIII.2010, reared 1♀. Trioza mesembrina Burckhardt, 1986, from Chaerophyllum hirsutum , Kopaonik–Srebrenac, 7.VIII.2008, reared 1♂. Trioza rhamni (Schrank, 1801), from Rhamnus cathartica , Kelebija, 25.V.2005, reared 1♀ 'ex larva' 6.VI.2005; Ilinci, 2.V.2009, 1♂.

Orius minutus is an extremely polyphagous species distributed in Europe, Siberia, China and Mediterranean region. Many authors determined it as a predator of harmful insect species from a number of orders ( Thysanoptera , Diptera , Lepidoptera , Coleoptera and Hemiptera Homoptera ). Already reported as a psyllid predator ( Herard 1986). In France, Herard (1986) determined Orius minutus as a predator of pear psyllids, primarily Cacopsylla pyrisuga , and hawthorn psyllids. Also in Slovenia, Vrabl and Matis (1977) register it as a predator of Cacopsylla pyrisuga and Cacopsylla pyrisuga . In Serbia, Pavićević (1977) and Jerinić-Prodanović et al. (2010) determined Orius minutus as a predator of Cacopsylla pyrisuga in pear orchards. Malenovský and Jerinić-Prodanović (2011) also found it as a predator of Psyllopsis repens . In Croatia, Arčanin and Balarin (1972) recognized the significance of Orius minutus in the reduction of the mite Panonychus ulmi .