Brachyarthrum limitatum

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Brachyarthrum limitatum
Systematics
Subordination : Bed bugs (heteroptera)
Family : Soft bugs (Miridae)
Subfamily : Phylinae
Tribe : Phylini
Genre : Brachyarthrum
Type : Brachyarthrum limitatum
Scientific name
Brachyarthrum limitatum
Fever , 1858

Brachyarthrum limitatum is a species of bug from the family of soft bugs (Miridae).

features

The bugs are 4.3 to 4.8 millimeters long. They are characteristically colored and show a sexual dichroism . The females are orange-brown and have a black head, whereas the males are uniformly black-brown. The antennae are always completely black or dark red, the legs are yellow-orange.

Occurrence and habitat

The species is distributed throughout Europe except in the south. In the east, the distribution extends to Central Asia. In Germany the species has only been found sporadically, more frequently in the north than in the south. There are only two historical records in Austria.

Way of life

The bugs live on aspen ( Populus tremula ) and there presumably feed on both aphids and leaf beetle larvae . Adult bedbugs can be seen from early June to early August. One generation is trained every year.

supporting documents

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c 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. 216 .
  2. ↑ Brachyarthrum limitatum. 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 .

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