ACTA ENTOMOLOGICA MUSEI NATIONALIS PRAGAE Published 31.xii.2017 Volume 57(2), pp. 473–478 ISSN 0374-1036 http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:ADDFA691-F508-4EA4-B4D2-8E156D46CF75 https://doi.org/10.1515/aemnp-2017-0086 A new species of Anthocoris from Iran (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Anthocoridae) Pierre MOULET 1) , Hassan GHAHARI 2,*) & Hadi OSTOVAN 3) 1) Museum Requien, 67 rue Joseph Vernet, F-84000 Avignon, France 2) Department of Plant Protection, Yadegar-e-Imam Khomeini (RAH) Share Rey Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran 3) Department of Entomology, Shiraz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shiraz, Iran *) Corresponding author: hghahari@yahoo.com Abstract. Anthocoris kmenti sp. nov. (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Anthocoridae) is described from Mazandaran province (northern Iran). The species was collected on Rubus idaeus (Linnaeus) (Rosaceae), and confirmed as the predator of Pealius setosus Danzig, 1964 (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae). Key words. Heteroptera, Anthocoridae, Anthocoris kmenti, new species, host association, Iran, Palaearctic Region Introduction Anthocoris Fallén, 1814 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Anthocoridae), with more than 70 species worldwide, is the second largest genus in the family Anthocoridae (PÉRICART 1972, 2007; KE & BU 2007; YAMADA et al. 2010; LEWIS & HORSTON 2012). Most species of Anthocoris are primarily predators of Auchenorrhyncha, Sternorrhyncha, thrips and mites, and some species play an important role in the biological control of agricultural pests (PÉRICART 1972, LATTIN 2000, HORTON 2008). The Iranian fauna of Anthocoris is currently represented by 15 described species (PÉRICART 2007, GHAHARI et al. 2009, OSTOVAN et al. 2017). This paper describes and illustrates a recently discovered new species uniquely associated with European raspberry (Rubus idaeus). Material and methods All specimens were obtained by beating the host plant, collected by aspirator, killed and preserved in 75% ethyl alcohol. They were then dried and mounted for examination of various structures. Examination and illustration of the genitalia and other external structures such as