Eysarcoris venustissimus

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Eysarcoris venustissimus
Eysarcoris venustissimus

Eysarcoris venustissimus

Systematics
Subordination : Bed bugs (heteroptera)
Family : Stink bugs (Pentatomidae)
Subfamily : Pentatominae
Tribe : Eysarcorini
Genre : Eysarcoris
Type : Eysarcoris venustissimus
Scientific name
Eysarcoris venustissimus
( Closet , 1776)
pairing
Eggs and nymphs

Eysarcoris venustissimus is a bug from the family of stink bugs (Pentatomidae).

features

The bugs are 5.5 to 6.5 millimeters long. They are greenish gray in color. The head and the front part of the pronotum and the scutellum are copper-colored. The connexive is patterned alternately in black and white.

distribution and habitat

The species is distributed from North Africa and Europe with the exception of the north east to Siberia and the Caspian region. It is widespread in Central Europe. It is more common there in the south up to the low mountain range and only sporadically distributed in the north and mostly only documented by older finds. In the Alps you can find them up to 1200 meters above sea level. The species needs less warmth than Eysarcoris aeneus and inhabits more humid, shady areas such as hedges and forest edges. The species was rare in Britain in the 19th century, but is now widespread in the south and center, north to Yorkshire .

Way of life

The animals are found in the herb layer on the mint family (Lamiaceae). Most of Ziesten ( Stachys ), but also hollow tooth ( Galeopsis ), horehound ( Marrubium ) Taubnesseln ( Lamium ), ballota ( Ballota ) Wirbeldost ( Clinopodium ) and others. The adults appear in May. Shortly thereafter, mating begins, and later the eggs are laid. One generation is trained every year. The adult animals of the new generation appear from August.

supporting documents

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Wachmann: Wanzen , Vol. 4, p. 147
  2. ↑ a b c Eysarcoris venustissimus. British Bugs, accessed June 21, 2014 .

literature

  • Ekkehard Wachmann , Albert Melber, Jürgen Deckert: Bugs. Volume 4: Pentatomomorpha II: Pentatomoidea: Cydnidae, Thyreocoridae, Plataspidae, Acanthosomatidae, Scutelleridae, Pentatomidae. (=  The animal world of Germany and the adjacent parts of the sea according to their characteristics and their way of life . 81st part). Goecke & Evers, Keltern 2008, ISBN 978-3-937783-36-9 .

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