Orius (Orius) pallidicornis (Reuter, 1884) Triphleps pallidicornis Reuter, 1884: 102 (as new species); Orius pallidicornis var. novaki Wagner, 1952: 41. Distribution in Iran. Alborz (Ostovan 1998; Madadi 1999), Fars (Ostovan 1998; Erfanfar & Ostovan 2002; Ostovan & Mirhelli 2005; Ganji 2007), Golestan (Ostovan 1998; Ghahari & Ostovan 2006), Isfahan (Ostovan 1998; Razmjoo 2004; Razmjoo et al. 2011; Razmjoo 2012), Khuzestan (Rajabpour 2011; Rajabpour et al. 2012; Sepahvand et al. 2016), Lorestan (Sepahvand et al. 2014, 2016), Kuhgiloyeh & Boyerahmad (Davari et al. 2015), Mazandaran (Ghahari & Ostovan 2006), Razavi Khorasan (Ostovan 1998), Semnan (Abd-Rabou & Ghahari 2006), Yazd (Hassanzadeh et al. 2013), Iran (no exact locality cited) (Ostovan 2004; Erfanfar et al. 2014, 2015). General distribution. Circum Mediterranean extending to Iraq and Iran; not cited in European Turkey, the records from central Europe (Hungary and Austria) are doubtful. Plant associates. Alfalfa (Razmjoo 2004; Razmjoo et al. 2011; Hassanzadeh et al. 2013), cotton, soybean (Ostovan 1998), sunflower (Hassanzadeh et al. 2013); Ecbalium elaterium (Cucurbitaceae) (Péricart 1972). Prey records. Whiteflies (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) (Abd-Rabou & Ghahari 2006). Note. O. pallidicornis is mainly phytophagous and feeds upon pollen of Ecbalium elaterium (Cucurbitaceae) (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 page 467, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4311.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/848339