Apolygus lucorum
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| ( Meyer-Dür , 1843) |
Apolygus lucorum is a species of bug from the family of soft bugs (Miridae).
features
The bugs are 5.0 to 5.9 millimeters long. The bugs of the genus Apolygus have a green base color and a fairly broad oval body. Their black spurs on the rails ( tibia ) do not arise from black points and the second part of the antennae is usually shorter than the pronotum is broad at the base. Apolygus lucorum can be distinguished from the similar Apolygus spinolae by the darker base color and the completely green cuneus of the hemielytras .
Occurrence and habitat
The species is distributed in Europe, with the exception of large parts of the Mediterranean area, east to Siberia and across Asia Minor and Central Asia to China and Japan. It was introduced into North America by humans. In Central Europe it is widespread and occurs up to the alpine level.
Unlike Apolygus limbatus, it is not woody plants that are colonized , but rather tall herbaceous plants in dry to moist, open habitats.
Way of life
The bugs live in different host plants, such as on Artemisia , Eupatorium ( Eupatorium ), chrysanthemums ( Chrysanthemum ), tanacetum ( Tanacetum ), thistles ( Cirsium ), Fireweed ( Epilobium ) as shaggy fireweed ( Epilobium hirsutum ) and Schmalblättrigem fireweed ( Epilobium angustifolium ) and nettles ( Urtica ). However, they apparently prefer Artemisia species such as mugwort ( Artemisia vulgaris ), field mugwort ( Artemisia campestris ) and wormwood ( Artemisia absinthium ). The animals primarily suckle on the reproductive organs of food plants and apparently also suckle on the nectar of umbellifers (Apiaceae). The adults appear from June, rarely from the end of May and can be found until September, rarely October. The females lay their eggs in rows in the tissue of the stems of the host plants, especially in August. It is conceivable that two generations will appear in very favorable years.
supporting documents
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d 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. 55 .
- ↑ Apolygus lucorum. 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
- Apolygus lucorum at Fauna Europaea. Retrieved January 2, 2015
- www.britishbugs.org.uk - photos, description