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Commercially used biological control agents
- Insecta, Hemiptera/Heteroptera -

*Anthocoris nemoralis*
Family	Anthocoridae
Main target pests	Psyllidae (orchards)
Original distribution	Palaearctic
Distribution in EPPO	Widespread
Date of first use	?
EPPO countries where used	Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
Use	Outdoors

*Anthocoris nemorum*
Family	Anthocoridae
Main target pests	Cacopsylla pyri, thrips
Original distribution	Palaearctic
Distribution in EPPO	Widespread
Date of first use	1992
EPPO countries where used	Belgium, Denmark, France, Italy, Jersey, Netherlands, UK
Use	Outdoors

*Macrolophus melanotoma*
Synonyms	Macrolophus caliginosus
Family	Miridae
Main target pests	Aleyrodidae
Original distribution	Mediterranean
Distribution in EPPO	Croatia, Turkey, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Malta, Macedonia, Portugal, Spain (including Islas Canarias), Slovenia, Switzerland, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Cyprus, Israel (also Libya, Yemen, Iraq)
Date of first use	1990
EPPO countries where used	Austria, Belgium, Czechia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guernsey, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Jordan, Lithuania, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey, UK (restricted under license)
Use	Indoors
Additional remark	Macrolophus melanotoma has been reported as damaging on cherry tomato and on Gerbera. It is therefore not recommended for use on these crops. Caution is advised when using M. melanotoma on any new crop, particularly ornamentals with a low threshold for cosmetic damage.

*Orius albidipennis*
Family	Anthocoridae
Main target pests	Thrips
Original distribution	Mediterranean, palaearctic
Distribution in EPPO	Mediterranean
Date of first use	1991
EPPO countries where used	Belgium, France, Israel, Italy, Netherlands, Spain
Use	Indoors

*Orius laevigatus*
Family	Anthocoridae
Main target pests	Thripidae (Frankliniella occidentalis, Thrips tabaci)
Original distribution	Palaearctic (except north)
Distribution in EPPO	Widespread (except north)
Date of first use	1991
EPPO countries where used	Austria, Belgium, Czechia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guernsey, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Jersey, Jordan, Lithuania, Malta, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, Tunisia, UK
Use	Indoors

*Orius majusculus*
Family	Anthocoridae
Main target pests	Thripidae (Frankliniella occidentalis, Thrips tabaci)
Original distribution	Palaearctic
Distribution in EPPO	Widespread
Date of first use	1991
EPPO countries where used	Austria, Belgium, Czechia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guernsey, Italy, Jersey, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK
Use	Indoors

*Picromerus bidens*
Family	Pentatomidae
Main target pests	Lepidoptera
Original distribution	Palaearctic (also established in Nearctic)
Distribution in EPPO	Widespread
Date of first use	1990
EPPO countries where used	CIS countries, Germany, Poland, Russia
Use	Outdoors/indoors

*Podisus maculiventris*
Family	Pentatomidae
Main target pests	Lepidoptera, Leptinotarsa decemlineata
Original distribution	North and South America
Distribution in EPPO	Not established
Date of first use	1996
EPPO countries where used	Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, Finland, France, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Russia, Spain
Use	Indoors/outdoors