Charagochilus gyllenhalii
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Charagochilus gyllenhalii - specimen in the Zoological State Collection Munich, photo: Marianne Müller |
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Charagochilus gyllenhalii is a species of bug from the family of soft bugs (Miridae).
features
The bugs are 3.1 to 4.5 millimeters long. Species of the genus Charogochilus are dark in color and have a scale-like, golden plumage. The membrane of the hemielytres is usually curved downwards and the spurs of the splints ( tibia ) are very fine and pale. Most individuals have regressed (brachyptere) wings, the males are rarely fully winged (macropter). Unlike the almost black adults , the nymphs are colored green.
Occurrence and habitat
The species is distributed in Europe and North Africa and east to Siberia and Central Asia. In Germany and Austria it is widespread and mostly common. In the Alps, the species rises to around 1,600 meters above sea level.
Very dry, warm, open to partially shaded and moist habitats and even bogs are colonized.
Way of life
The bugs live on bedstraws ( Galium ), for example on real bedstraw ( Galium verum ), meadow bedstraw ( Galium mollugo ), burdock bedstraw ( Galium aparine ) or Nordic bedstraw ( Galium boreale ). They are also found on red tooth rust ( Odontites vulgaris ) and rarely also on meadow quail wheat ( Melampyrum pratense ). They suckle on the reproductive organs of the plants. The overwintering takes place as an imago in the ground litter, in mosses and in plant clusters, occasionally also on spruce and pine trees . The females lay their eggs on the leaves and stems of the host plants in May. The nymphs can be seen especially in June and July. The adult bugs of the new generation appear from the end of June at the earliest and overlap with adults of the older generation that can still be found. This means that adults can be found almost all year round. The mating takes place mainly before the wintering from July to September. After that, at least most of the males die.
supporting documents
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e 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. 69 f .
- ↑ Charagochilus gyllenhalii. British Bugs, accessed January 3, 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 .
Web links
- Charagochilus gyllenhalii at Fauna Europaea. Retrieved January 3, 2015