Brown border bug
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Gonocerus acuteangulatus |
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The brown border bug ( Gonocerus acuteangulatus ), also called hazel border bug , is a bug from the family of border bugs (Coreidae).
features
The bugs are 12 to 15 millimeters long. The relatively large animals are reddish brown in color and can be distinguished from the more common leather bug ( Coreus marginatus ) by the narrower abdomen and the more pointed edges of the pronotum . The nymphs have a green colored abdomen.
distribution and habitat
The species is distributed from Europe, with the exception of the north, to Central Asia. In Germany it was only widespread in the south until 2007, but rarely and almost nowhere to be found in the northern lowlands. The northern limit of distribution ran roughly from the Rhineland via the south of Lower Saxony to Brandenburg. Since 2011, the species, which is spreading further north, has been recorded from almost all parts of Germany. The species is common in Austria. The species, which was originally very rare in Great Britain, was only known from Box Hill in Surrey , but is now found in large parts of the south-east of England and beyond. The warmth-loving species inhabits exclusively dry and warm, south-exposed habitats, especially in the north of its range.
Way of life
The animals live on deciduous trees, especially on bushes that bear berries such as buckthorn ( Rhamnus ) and buckthorn ( Frangula alnus ) from the family of buckthorn plants (Rhamnaceae), dog rose ( Rosa canina ) and hawthorn ( Crataegus ) from the family of Rose family (Rosaceae) or red honeysuckle ( Lonicera xylosteum ) from the honeysuckle family (Caprifoliaceae). There they especially suckle on ripening fruits. The adults suckle on a large number of different types of plants; even on conifers like juniper ( Juniperus ). The adults fly very actively at high temperatures.
supporting documents
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e Wachmann: Wanzen , Vol. 3, p. 220
- ↑ a b Gonocerus acuteangulatus. British Bugs, accessed June 22, 2014 .
- ↑ Wachmann: Wanzen , Vol. 5, p. 48
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 .
Web links
- Gonocerus acuteangulatus in Fauna Europaea. Retrieved June 22, 2014