Heterocordylus tibialis
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Heterocordylus tibialis is a type of bug from the family of soft bugs (Miridae).
features
The bugs are 4.6 to 5.2 millimeters long. The bugs from the genus Heterocordylus are medium-sized black-colored animals whose bodies are covered with flattened, scale-like, pale hair. Heterocordylus tibialis can be determined on the basis of the brownish splints ( tibia ) and the width of the second antennae , which is only slightly thickened towards the tip.
Occurrence and habitat
The species is distributed from southern Scandinavia across western and central Europe to North Africa and across southern Europe and the Carpathians to Asia Minor and the Middle East. It is widespread in Germany and mostly common, especially in the south. It is rarer in Austria. More humid habitats are colonized than with Heterocordylus genistae and Heterocordylus leptocerus .
Way of life
The bugs live in Central Europe mainly on broom broom ( Cytisus scoparius ), less often on gorse ( Genista ). They feed on zoophytophagus. The nymphs hatch in April and develop into adult bugs by the end of April, more often by May. Mating and oviposition take place in June and July, in August, at the latest in September the adults die.
supporting documents
Individual evidence
- ^ A b c 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. 176 ff .
- ^ Heterocordylus tibialis. 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
- Heterocordylus tibialis in Fauna Europaea. Retrieved January 3, 2015
- www.britishbugs.org.uk - photos, description