Orius (Heterorius) horvathi (Reuter, 1884) Triphleps horvathi Reuter, 1884: 95 (as new species); Orius (Heterorius) ribauti Wagner, 1952: 45. Distribution in Iran. Ardabil (Linnavuori & Hosseini 2000), Chaharmahal & Bakhtiari (Esfandiari 2000; Khajehali & Poorjavad 2015), Fars (Modarres Awal 1997; Ostovan & Niakan 2000; Erfanfar & Ostovan 2002; Ostovan & Mirhelli 2005; Ganji 2007; Falamarzi et al. 2009; Farzaneh et al. 2010a, b, 2011; Erfanfar 2014; Ostovan et al. 2015), Golestan (Ghahari et al. 2015), Guilan (Linnavuori & Hosseini 2000), Isfahan (Ghahari et al. 2011), Kerman (Modarres Awal 1997; Razavi & Ahmadi 2016), Kuhgiloyeh & Boyerahmad (Abd-Rabou & Ghahari 2006; Erfanfar 2014; Davari et al. 2015), Mazandaran (Ghahari et al. 2008a, b, 2009c), Northern Khorasan (Malkeshi et al. 1998; Linnavuori & Modarres Awal 1998), Razavi Khorasan (Haddad Sabzevar 2007; Hassanzadeh Awal & Modarres Awal 2010a), Semnan (Niknam 2000; Galini et al. 2013), Yazd (Zare Khormizi et al. 2013), Iran (no exact locality cited) (Ostovan 2004; Erfanfar et al. 2014, 2015). General distribution. Euro Siberian, Caucasus and Near East (Jordan), not in Scandinavia and Great Britain. Plant associates. Asteraceae and other herbaceous plants hilly meadows (Linnavuori & Modarres Awal 1998), Alfalfa (Niknam 2000; Hassanzadeh Awal & Modarres Awal 2010a), corn (Haddad Sabzevar 2007), potato, tomato (Niknam 2000), rice field (Ghahari et al. 2008a, b, 2009c), sunflower (Haddad Sabzevar 2007; Hassanzadeh Awal & Modarres Awal 2010a), Zinnia sp. (Asteraceae) (Farzaneh et al. 2010b), Amygdalus communis (Rosaceae), Crataegus sp. (Rosaceae), Glycyrrhiza glabra (Fabaceae), Medicago sativa (Fabaceae), Nerium oleander (Apocynaceae), Plantago sp. (Plantaginaceae), Prunus persicae (Rosaceae), Rosa beggariana (Rosaceae), Salix sp. (Salicaceae), Zea mays (Poaceae), Zizyphus spinachristi (Rhamnaceae) (Falamarzi et al. 2009), Acacia salicina (Fabaceae), Mentha longifolia (Lamiaceae), Punica granatum (Punicaceae), Zinnia violacea (= Z. elegans Jacquin) (Asteraceae) (Farzaneh et al. 2011), Absena velvetleaf (Malvaceae) (Ghahari et al. 2011), Mentha longifolia (Lamiaceae) (Farzaneh et al. 2010b; Ostovan et al. 2015). Prey records. Aphids of pome fruit trees (Malkeshi et al. 1998), whiteflies (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) (Abd- Rabou & Ghahari 2006), Asiphonella cynodonti (Das, B.C., 1918) (Hemiptera: Aphididae) (Modarres Awal 1997), Hyalopterus pruni (Geoffroy, 1762), Sipha sp. (Hemiptera: Aphididae), Therioaphis maculata (Buckton, 1899) (Hemiptera: Aphididae), Thrips meridionalis (Priesner, 1926) (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) (Falamarzi et al. 2009), Tinocallis nevskyi Remaudiere, Qucdnau & Heie, 1988 (Hemiptera: Aphididae) (Khajehali & Poorjavad 2015), Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergande) (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) (Razavi & Ahmadi 2016); Aphis pomi (Hemiptera: Aphididae) (Péricart 1972).

Published as part of Moulet, Pierre, 2017, Updated catalogue of Iranian Anthocoridae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Cimicomorpha), pp. 451-479 in Zootaxa 4311 (4) on pages 462-463, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4311.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/848339