Acetropis gimmerthalii

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Acetropis gimmerthalii
Systematics
Subordination : Bed bugs (heteroptera)
Family : Soft bugs (Miridae)
Subfamily : Mirinae
Tribe : Stenodemini
Genre : Acetropis
Type : Acetropis gimmerthalii
Scientific name
Acetropis gimmerthalii
( Flor , 1860)

Acetropis gimmerthalii is a species of bug from the family of soft bugs (Miridae).

features

The bugs are 4.7 to 6.7 millimeters long. They have an elongated body that is relatively wide and oval and resemble Stenodema holsata. However, they have a smooth pronotum , without clear puncturing and the head is the same width as the pronotum in front. Your body has several sharply defined dark lines on the top. The second antenna segment is the same length as the third and fourth combined. The head bears a transverse pit between the compound eyes . As with Acetropis carinata , the males are always fully winged (macropter) and the females usually have shortened (brachyptere) wings. In contrast to Acetropis carinata , there are no predominantly black individuals in the males.

Occurrence and habitat

The species is particularly widespread in western Europe from southern Scandinavia to the western Mediterranean, east to the Balkan peninsula and in North Africa and further from Central Europe to Russia. In Germany it is more common in the north than in the south, in Austria the species has not yet been documented.

Sandy habitats that are more warm and open are settled, such as sandy grasslands or dunes in particular. The species makes higher demands on these characteristics of its habitat than Acetropis carinata . However, they can still be found occasionally in more humid habitats and on other soils.

Way of life

The bugs live in different grasses (Poaceae) like the ordinary sweet vernal grass ( Anthoxanthum odoratum ), brome ( Bromus ), mat-grass ( Nardus stricta ) or silver grass ( Corynephorus canescens ). As with Acetropis carinata , the first nymphs appear from May, the first adult animals of the new generation from mid-June, more rarely from the end of May, usually until the end of July.

supporting documents

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Ekkehard Wachmann , Albert Melber, Jürgen Deckert: Bugs. Volume 2: Cimicomorpha: Microphysidae (lichen bugs), Miridae (soft bugs) (=  The animal world of Germany and the adjacent parts of the sea according to their characteristics and their way of life . 75th part). Goecke & Evers, Keltern 2006, ISBN 3-931374-57-2 , p. 128 f .
  2. ↑ Acetropis gimmerthalii. British Bugs, accessed January 2, 2015 .

literature

  • Ekkehard Wachmann , Albert Melber, Jürgen Deckert: Bugs. Volume 2: Cimicomorpha: Microphysidae (lichen bugs), Miridae (soft bugs) (=  The animal world of Germany and the adjacent parts of the sea according to their characteristics and their way of life . 75th part). Goecke & Evers, Keltern 2006, ISBN 3-931374-57-2 .

Web links