Campyloneura virgula

Campyloneura virgula
	Campyloneura virgula
Systematics
Subordination :	Bed bugs (heteroptera)
Family :	Soft bugs (Miridae)
Subfamily :	Bryocorinae
Tribe :	Dicyphini
Genre :	Campyloneura
Type :	Campyloneura virgula
Scientific name
	Campyloneura virgula
	( Herrich-Schäffer , 1835)

nymph

Campyloneura virgula is a species of bug from the family of soft bugs (Miridae). Since hardly any males have been found so far, it is assumed that the species reproduces parthenogenetically . The specific epithet virgula ( Latin : virgo = virgin) refers to it. The few males found so far had stunted genitals and were unable to reproduce. However, fertile males are said to occur in North Africa.

features

The bugs are 3.9 to 4.7 millimeters long. They are characteristically colored with yellow and brown spots and in particular have a strong yellow colored cuneus on the hemielytras , which has a dark red tip. Their antennae are very long. The nymphs are yellow and have red and white striped antennae and red stripes on the sides of the pronotum . The species is similar to Cyllecoris histrionius and Tupiocoris rhododendri .

Occurrence and habitat

The species is distributed from southern Scandinavia over large parts of Europe to North Africa and east over Asia Minor and the Ukraine to the Caucasus. It was introduced to North America by humans. It is widespread in Germany and Austria and not uncommon in many places.

Way of life

The bugs live on various deciduous trees, such as linden ( Tilia ), hazel ( Corylus ), alder ( Alnus ), hawthorn ( Crataegus ), hornbeam ( Carpinus ) and various fruit trees, but especially on common ash ( Fraxinus excelsior ). Both the adult bedbugs and the nymphs feed predominantly on the larvae of leaf fleas of the genus Psyllopsis , aphids , mites and other small invertebrates. They also suck on honeydew . It is anecdotal that Campyloneura virgula, like other soft bugs, stung humans. The overwintering takes place in the egg. The nymphs hatch in May and June, the adult bugs appear from June to September, rarely until mid-October.

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. 24 f .
^ Campyloneura virgula. British Bugs, accessed January 2, 2015 .
↑ Hans-Jürgen Hoffmann: Psallus varians-a bug "plays crazy" (Heteroptera, Miridae). In: Heteropteron, issue 48/2017. Pp. 3–6 , accessed on August 17, 2020 .

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

Commons : Campyloneura virgula - collection of images, videos and audio files

Campyloneura virgula at Fauna Europaea. Retrieved January 2, 2015
www.britishbugs.org.uk - photos, description

[Wachmann-1] 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. 24 f .

[British_Bugs-2] Campyloneura virgula. British Bugs, accessed January 2, 2015 .

[3] Hans-Jürgen Hoffmann: Psallus varians-a bug "plays crazy" (Heteroptera, Miridae). In: Heteropteron, issue 48/2017. Pp. 3–6 , accessed on August 17, 2020 .