Orius (Orius) laevigatus subsp. laevigatus laevigatus (Fieber 1860
Creators: name: Moulet, Pierre
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Anthocoridae
Orius
Orius laevigatus
Orius (orius) laevigatus laevigatus (fieber, 1860)

description: Orius (Orius) laevigatus laevigatus (Fieber, 1860)
Triphleps laevigatus Fieber, 1860: 270 (as new species); Triphleps obscurus Douglas & Scott, 1865: 503 non Hahn, 1831; Orius laevigatus cyprius Wagner, 1952: 35; Orius laevigatus inaequalis Wagner, 1952: 35; Orius (Heterorius) luridus Wagner, 1954: 225.
Note. The names Triphleps niger var. rufitibia Rey, Triphleps peregrinus Reuter are nominis nuda.
Distribution in Iran. Ardabil, Guilan, Hormozgan, Mazanadaran (Erfanfar 2014), Fars (Ostovan & Niakan 2000; Erfanfar & Ostovan 2002; Ostovan & Mirhelli 2005; Falamarzi et al. 2009; Farzaneh et al. 2010a, b, 2011; Erfanfar 2014; Ostovan et al. 2015), Golestan (Ghahari et al. 2011), Ilam (Mirab-Balou 2016), Khuzestan (Sepahvand et al. 2016; Rajabpour 2011; Rajabpour et al. 2012), Kuhgiloyeh & Boyerahmad (Davari et al. 2015), Lorestan (Sepahvand et al. 2014, 2016), Northern Khorasan (Linnavuori & Modarres Awal 1998), Yazd (Hassanzadeh et al. 2013; Zare Khormizi et al. 2013), Iran (no exact locality cited) (Ostovan 2004; Erfanfar et al. 2014).
General distribution. Central and Mediterranean Europe, north Africa, Near East, Caucasus, Central Asia, Arabic peninsula (incl. Yemen); known in UAE and Pakistan.
Plant associates. Alfalfa (Farzaneh et al. 2010b; Hassanzadeh et al. 2013), cotton field (Ghahari et al. 2011), sorghum, sunflower (Hassanzadeh et al. 2013), Convolvulus arvensis (Convolvulaceae), Glycyrrhiza glabra (Fabaceae), Medicago sativa (Fabaceae), Nerium oleander (Apocynaceae), Rosa carnica (Rosaceae), Rubus sp.
(Rosaceae) (Falamarzi et al. 2009), Acacia salicina (Fabaceae), Gaillardia grandiflora (Asteraceae), Medicago sp. (Fabaceae), Rosa sp. (Rosaceae), Tagetes sp. (Asteraceae) (Ostovan et al. 2015); on many herbs and schrubs, Achillea sp. (Asteraceae), Ulex sp. (Fabaceae), Erica sp. (Ericaceae), Tamarix sp. (Tamaricaceae) (Péricart 1972); also collected on Ficus (Moraceae), Lonicera (Caprifoliaceae), Lycium (Solanaceae), Withania (Solanaceae), Rhamnus (Rhamnaceae), Spartium (Fabaceae) and Thymelea (Thymelaceae) (Carapezza et al. 2014).
Prey records. Haplothrips reuteri (Karny, 1907), (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae), Tenothrips discolor (Karny, 1907), Thrips tabaci Lindeman 1889 (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) (Falamarzi et al. 2009), Frankliniella occidentalis Pergande (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) (Gholami & Sadeghi 2016), Taeniothrips inconsequens (Uzel) (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) (Mirab-Balou 2016); Rhopalosiphum maidis (Hemiptera: Aphididae), Metatetranychus ulmi, Eotetranychus cucurbitaceorum (Acari: Tetranychidae), Spodoptera litura (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) (Péricart 1972).
Comments. The theoretical better life conditions for O. laevigatus laevigatus are at 26°C; the species has been collected by light traps and, less frequently, in water pan traps (Carapezza et al. 2014).
description: Published as part of Moulet, Pierre, 2017, Updated catalogue of Iranian Anthocoridae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Cimicomorpha), pp. 451-479 in Zootaxa 4311 (4) on pages 465-466, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4311.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/848339