Orius (Heterorius) laticollis discolor (Reuter, 1884) Triphleps discolor Reuter, 1884: 110 (as new species); Orius (Heterorius) laticollis discolor Péricart, 1970: 107. Distribution in Iran. Alborz (Babmorad et al. 2000), Fars (Falamarzi et al. 2009), Guilan (Linnavuori & Hosseini 2000), Isfahan (Jafary et al. 2002; Babmorad et al. 2016), Khuzestan (Sepahvand et al. 2016; Babmorad et al. 2016), Razavi Khorasan (Linnavuori & Modarres Awal 1998; Babmorad et al. 2016), Iran (no exact locality cited) (Erfanfar et al. 2014). General distribution. Southernmost Russia, Ukraine, Romania, Caucasian region, Near East (Israel, Jordan), Iran, central Asia (Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan), the Maghreb; in Europe only in Spain. Plant associates. Salix sp. (Salicaceae) (Linnavuori & Modarres Awal 1998), Amygdalus communis (Rosaceae), Fraxinus rotundifolia (Oleaceae), Populus alba (Salicaceae), Prunus persicae, Prunus sp. (Rosaceae), Pyrus communis (Rosaceae), Salix sp. (Salicaceae) (Falamarzi et al. 2009), Populus euphratica (Salicaceae) (Babmorad et al. 2016). Prey records. Monosteria unicostata (Mulsant & Rey, 1852) (Heteroptera: Tingidae) (Babmorad et al. 2000; Jafary et al. 2002), Hyalopterus pruni (Geoffroy, 1762), Sipha sp. (Hemiptera: Aphididae), Monosteria inermis Horváth, 1899 (Heteroptera: Tingidae), Psylla pyricola (Förster, 1848) (Hemiptera: Psyllidae) (Falamarzi et al. 2009).

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