Acrosternum heegeri

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Acrosternum heegeri
Acrosternum heegeri

Acrosternum heegeri

Systematics
Family : Stink bugs (Pentatomidae)
Subfamily : Pentatominae
Tribe : Nezarini
Genre : Acrosternum
Subgenus : Acrosternum
Type : Acrosternum heegeri
Scientific name
Acrosternum heegeri
Fever , 1861

Acrosternum heegeri is a Wanzenart from the family of stink bugs (Pentatomidae).

features

The approximately 11 mm long bugs are green in summer and brownish in color in autumn. At the end of the label (scutellum) there are usually two small yellow spots. The first two antennae and the base of the third are green, while the rest of the antennae are red or reddish in color.

distribution

The species is found around the Mediterranean (holomediterranean), in the Middle East , in Central Asia and in tropical Africa.

Way of life

Acrosternum heegeri is a phytophagous type of bug. The bugs are often found on turpentine pistachio ( Pistacia terebinthus ), mastic bush ( Pistacia lentiscus ), western strawberry tree ( Arbutus unedo ) or holm oak ( Quercus ilex ). In the Middle East (Iran), the species is considered a pest because it causes damage to pistachio trees there.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Vincent Derreumaux: Les punaises Pentatomidae vertes de France - Clé photographique simplifiée (PDF, 5.0 MB) quelestcetanimal-lagalerie.com. Retrieved January 7, 2017.
  2. ^ Razzaq SH. Augul, HH Al-Saffar & Nassreen N. Mzhr: Survey of Some Hemipteran species Attracted to Light Traps (PDF 349 KB) Adv.Biores., Vol 6 (2) March 2015: 122-127. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
  3. ↑ Acrosternum heegeri fever 1861 in Fauna Europaea
  4. ↑ MR Mehrnejad: The current status of pistachio pests in Iran (PDF, 129 KB) k BE (ed.). XI GREMPA Seminar on Pistachios and Almonds. Zaragoza: CIHEAM, 2001. p. 315–322 (Cahiers Options Méditerranéennes; n. 56). Retrieved January 7, 2017.

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