Flower bugs
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Orius insidiosus while eating |
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| Amyot & Serville , 1843 |
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The flower bugs (Anthocoridae) are a family of bugs . About 600 worldwide species described, of which 93 species and sub-species occur in Europe before, in Central Europe there are about 50 species.
features
Flower bugs reach a maximum length of 5 millimeters and have soft, elongated oval and flat bodies. Your head is extended a little forward. On the forewings they have wing veins that do not separate cells on the wing membrane. They resemble the soft bugs (Miridae) in their appearance , but they differ from them by having two point eyes ( Ocelli ). They are predatory and can usually be found on plants.
Way of life
The animals are found on the leaves and flowers of bushes and trees, with most species being predatory and hunting aphids and other small, not strongly chitinized insects .
Taxonomy and systematics
In the past, the subfamilies Lasiochilinae and Lyctocorinae were assigned to the family Anthocoridae. Today some genera of these are grouped together as separate families Lasiochilidae and Lyctocoridae .
To the family Anthocoridae u. a. the following genera counted:
- Acompocoris Reuter , 1875
- Almeida Distant , 1910
- Amphiareus Distant , 1904
- Anthocoris Fallén , 1814
- Australmeida Woodward , 1977
- Bilia Distant , 1904
- Blaptostethoides Carayon , 1972
- Blaptostethus fever , 1860
- Brachypicritus Popov & Herczek , 2011 †
- Carayonocoris Muraleedharan , 1977
- Coccivora McAtee & Malloch , 1925
- Crytosternum fever , 1860
- Dasypterus Reuter , 1871
- Dokkiocoris Miller , 1951
- Dolostethus Henry & Herring , 1978
- Dufouriellus Kirkaldy , 1906
- Dysepicritus Reuter , 1884
- Elatophilus Reuter , 1884
- Eoanthocoris Popov , 1990 †
- Eulasiocolpus Champion , 1900
- Galchana Distant , 1910
- Indocoris Muraleedharan & Ananthakrishnan , 1978
- Kitocoris Herring , 1967
- Lasiochiloides Champion , 1900
- Lasiocolpoides Champion , 1900
- Lepidonannella Poppius , 1913
- Lilia White , 1879
- Lippomanus Distant , 1904
- Macrotrachelia Reuter , 1871
- Macrotracheliella Champion , 1900
- Maoricoris China , 1933
- Melanocoris Champion , 1900
- Mesanthocoris Hong & Wang , 1990 †
- Montandoniola Poppius , 1909
- Odontobrachys fever , 1860
- Opisthypselus Reuter , 1908
- Orius Wolff , 1811
- Orthosoleniopsis Poppius , 1909
- Pachytarsus fever , 1860
- Paratriphleps Champion , 1900
- Pehuencoris Carpintero & Dellapé , 2006
- Persephonocoris Popov & Herczek , 2001
- Rajburicoris Carpintero & Dellapé , 2008
- Scolopa Carayon , 1954
- Scolopella Carayon , 1954
- Scolopocoris Carayon , 1972
- Temnostethus fever , 1860
- Tetraphleps fever , 1860
- Turnebiella Poppius , 1915
- Wollastoniella Reuter , 1884
- Xylocoris Dufour , 1831
- Xylocoridea Reuter , 1876
- Xyloecocoris Reuter , 1879
- Xyloesteles Popov & Herczek , 2011 †
- Zopherocoris Reuter , 1871
Species in Europe
The following species occur in Europe:
- Acompocoris alpinus
- Acompocoris montanus
- Acompocoris pygmaeus
- Amphiareus constrictus
- Amphiareus obscuriceps
- Anthocoris amplicollis
- Anthocoris butleri
- Anthocoris caucasicus
- Anthocoris confusus
- Anthocoris gallarumulmi
- Anthocoris limbatus
- Anthocoris minki
- Anthocoris nemoralis
- Anthocoris nemorum
- Anthocoris pilosus
- Anthocoris salicis
- Anthocoris sarothamni
- Anthocoris simulans
- Anthocoris visci
- Brachysteles espagnoli
- Brachysteles parvicornis
- Buchananiella continua
- Cardiastethus fasciiventris
- Cardiastethus nazarenus
- Dufouriellus ater
- Dysepicritus rufescens
- Elatophilus crassicornis
- Elatophilus nigrellus
- Elatophilus nigricornis
- Elatophilus pachycnemis
- Elatophilus pini
- Elatophilus roubali
- Elatophilus stigmatellus
- Montandoniola moraguesi
- Orius agilis
- Orius albidipennis
- Orius horvathi
- Orius laevigatus
- Orius laticollis
- Orius limbatus
- Orius Lindbergi
- Orius majusculus
- Orius minutus
- Orius niger
- Orius pallidicornis
- Orius piceicollis
- Orius retamae
- Orius sibiricus
- Orius vicinus
- Scoloposcelis obscurella
- Scoloposcelis pulchella
- Temnostethus dacicus
- Temnostethus gracilis
- Temnostethus longirostris
- Temnostethus lunula
- Temnostethus pusillus
- Temnostethus reduvinus
- Temnostethus tibialis
- Temnostethus wichmanni
- Tetraphleps aterrima
- Tetraphleps bicuspis
- Xylocoridea brevipennis
- Xyloecocoris ovatulus
- Xylocoris ciliatus
- Xylocoris cursitans
- Xylocoris formicetorum
- Xylocoris galactinus
- Xylocoris lativentris
- Xylocoris maculipennis
- Xylocoris obliquus
- Xylocoris parvulus
- Xylocoris terricola
- Xylocoris tesquorum
- Xylocoris thomsoni
Non-European species (selection)
Utility
Flower bugs, especially of the Orius genus, are used in the biological control of aphids (Aphidina), fringed winged birds ( Thysanoptera), spider mites (Tetranychus spp.) And whiteflies ( whiteflies or Aleyrodoidea) in greenhouses.
literature
- E. Wachmann , A. Melber & J. Deckert: Bugs. Volume 1: Dipsocoromorpha, Nepomorpha, Gerromorpha, Leptopodomorpha, Cimicomorpha (Part I) , revision of the bedbugs in Germany, Austria and German-speaking Switzerland, Goecke & Evers Keltern, 2006, pp. 181-210. ISBN 3-931374-49-1
Individual evidence
- ↑ Anthocoridae. Fauna Europaea, accessed November 15, 2006 .
- ↑ a b Familiy Anthocoridae - Minute Pirate Bugs . bugguide.net. Retrieved December 17, 2019.
- ↑ a b Anthocoridae in Fauna Europaea. Retrieved December 17, 2019
- ↑ family flower bugs Anthocoridae fever, 1837 . www.biolib.cz. Retrieved December 17, 2019.
Web links
- Fam.Anthocoridae - flower bugs ( Memento from May 6, 2008 in the Internet Archive )