Arocatus longiceps

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Arocatus longiceps
Arocatus longiceps

Arocatus longiceps

Systematics
Class : Insects (Insecta)
Order : Schnabelkerfe (Hemiptera)
Subordination : Bed bugs (heteroptera)
Family : Ground bugs (Lygaeidae)
Genre : Arocatus
Type : Arocatus longiceps
Scientific name
Arocatus longiceps
Stål , 1872
Arocatus longiceps
mature nymph
Wintering bedbugs under the bark of a plane tree

Arocatus longiceps is a bug from the family of ground bugs (Lygaeidae).

features

The bugs are 5.5 to 6.6 millimeters long. The red and black colored animals are almost unmistakable, but have a certain resemblance to the cinnamon bug ( Corizus hyoscyami ), which is much more strongly colored. There is the closely related species Arocatus roeselii , which only differs in subtleties.

distribution and habitat

The species is distributed from the Caucasus across Asia Minor and southern Europe to southern Central Europe. However, it also occurs increasingly further north. It was found in Styria for the first time in 1995; it has now been found throughout Austria, but only frequently in the east. The species is now also at home in Germany, the Czech Republic and Hungary. In Germany, it has been found in Bavaria, North Rhine-Westphalia, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Lower Saxony, Berlin and Brandenburg. Since 2007 it has also been documented from Great Britain.

Way of life

The animals live on oriental plane trees ( Platanus orientalis ) and their hybrids, but are also found on linden ( Tila ), hornbeam ( Carpinus ), maple ( Acer ) and chestnut ( Castanea ). Mating takes place in May; the adults of the new generation appear in June. In favorable years, adults of a second generation develop by October. The animals can also be found in apartments for wintering. Usually overwintering takes place in large clusters under the bark of plane trees.

supporting documents

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c Ekkehard Wachmann , Albert Melber, Jürgen Deckert: Bugs. Volume 3: Pentatomomorpha I: Aradoidea (bark bugs), Lygaeoidea (ground bugs, etc.), Pyrrhocoroidea (fire bugs) and Coreoidea (edge ​​bugs, etc.). (=  The animal world of Germany and the adjacent parts of the sea according to their characteristics and their way of life . 78th part). Goecke & Evers, Keltern 2007, ISBN 978-3-937783-29-1 , p. 34 f .
  2. ↑ a b Arocatus longiceps. British Bugs, accessed December 29, 2013 .
  3. ^ Ekkehard Wachmann , Albert Melber, Jürgen Deckert: Bugs. Volume 5: supplement volume. Dipsocoromorpha, Nepomorpha, Gerromorpha, Leptopodomorpha, Cimicomorpha and Pentatomomorpha. (=  The animal world of Germany and the adjacent parts of the sea according to their characteristics and their way of life . 82nd part). Goecke & Evers, Keltern 2012, ISBN 978-3-937783-58-1 , p. 41 .

literature

  • Ekkehard Wachmann , Albert Melber, Jürgen Deckert: Bugs. Volume 3: Pentatomomorpha I: Aradoidea (bark bugs), Lygaeoidea (ground bugs, etc.), Pyrrhocoroidea (fire bugs) and Coreoidea (edge ​​bugs, etc.). (=  The animal world of Germany and the adjacent parts of the sea according to their characteristics and their way of life . 78th part). Goecke & Evers, Keltern 2007, ISBN 978-3-937783-29-1 .
  • Ekkehard Wachmann , Albert Melber, Jürgen Deckert: Bugs. Volume 5: supplement volume. Dipsocoromorpha, Nepomorpha, Gerromorpha, Leptopodomorpha, Cimicomorpha and Pentatomomorpha. (=  The animal world of Germany and the adjacent parts of the sea according to their characteristics and their way of life . 82nd part). Goecke & Evers, Keltern 2012, ISBN 978-3-937783-58-1 .

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