An annotated catalog of the Iranian Miridae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Cimicomorpha)
Author
Ghahari, Hassan
Author
Chérot, Frédéric
text
Zootaxa
2014
3845
1
1
101
journal article
45096
10.11646/zootaxa.3845.1.1
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1175-5326
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Pilophorus confusus
(Kirschbaum, 1856)
Distribution in
Iran
.
Alborz (
Babmorad
et al.
2000
, with doubt;
Linnavuori 2007
), Ardabil (
Linnavuori 2007
;
Hosseini 2013a
), East Azarbaijan,
Fars
(Linnavuori 2009), Golestan (Ghahari 2013), Guilan (
Linnavuori 2007
;
Hosseini 2013a
), Isfahan (
Jafari
et al.
2002
), Khorasan (
Linnavuori & Modarres Awal 1999
), Mazandaran, Tehran (
Linnavuori 2007
),
Iran
(no locality cited) (
Aukema
et al.
2013
).
General distribution, hosts and prey.
Holopalaearctic species; frequently found on
Salix
sp.
(
Linnavuori & Modarres Awal 1999
;
Linnavuori 2007
). Predator of poplar lace bug,
Monosteira unicostata
(
Heteroptera
:
Tingidae
) (
Babmorad
et al.
2000
;
Jafari
et al.
2002
).