Ceraleptus lividus
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Ceraleptus lividus is a bug from the family of the border bugs (Coreidae).
features
The bugs are 10.0 to 11.5 millimeters long. They can be easily identified by means of their dark stripes on the sides of the head at the level of the compound eyes and by means of the pale edges of the basal corium of the hemielytras .
distribution and habitat
The species is distributed from the Mediterranean to the south of Sweden and England and east across Asia Minor and the Caucasus to Central Asia. It is widespread in Germany and mostly not uncommon, but less common in the south than in the north German lowlands. In Austria it is rarer in the east than Ceraleptus gracilicornis . Dry, sunny habitats are settled. The species needs less warmth than Ceraleptus gracilicornis . In Great Britain, the species is essentially restricted to the south and central parts of England and is only locally and rarely abundant.
Way of life
The animals live in different legume (Fabaceae), such as clover ( Trifolium ), alfalfa ( Medicago ), grass pea ( Lathyrus ) and vetch ( Vicia ). In northern Germany they are often found under Sarothamnus on sandy soils . As well Ceraleptus gracilicornis kick the wintering imagines at the end of April, the nymphs to take place from June to August and the adult animals of the new generation from August, which are active before the winter until September or October.
supporting documents
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Wachmann: Wanzen , vol. 3, p. 228ff
- ↑ a b Ceraleptus lividus. British Bugs, accessed June 21, 2014 .
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 .
Web links
- Ceraleptus lividus in Fauna Europaea. Retrieved June 21, 2014