Orius (Microtrachelia) retamae Noualhier, 1893

Moulet, Pierre, 2017, Updated catalogue of Iranian Anthocoridae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Cimicomorpha), Zootaxa 4311 (4), pp. 451-479 : 465

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4311.4.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:4Db9D300-F33E-406B-8410-E4Af99Ac7C01
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6026932
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/5D332F5C-245C-FF8F-15CB-FC35FE17FB53
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Orius (Microtrachelia) retamae Noualhier, 1893
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Triphleps retamae Noualhier, 1893: 14 (as new species); Microtrachelia dimorpha Blöte, 1929: 162 .

Distribution in Iran. Fars (Farzaneh et al. 2009, 2010a, b, 2011; Erfanfar 2014), Kuhgiloyeh & Boyerahmad, Semnan, Yazd (Erfanfar 2014), Iran (no exact locality cited) (Erfanfar et al. 2014, 2015).

General distribution. Canary Islands, Iran.

Plant associates. Acacia salicina (Fabaceae) (Farzaneh et al. 2009), Mentha longifolia (Lamiaceae) (Farzaneh et al. 2010b); Adenocarpus viscosus , Cytisus proliferus , Spartocytisus nubigenus (Fabaceae) (Péricart 1972).

Biology. Two alary forms have been cited in ♂ and 3 in ♀ of this species (Saulich & Musolin 2009).

Comments: O. retamae is an endemic species to Canary Islands and records from Iran probably are accidental introductions (P. Moulet).