Hoplomachus thunbergii

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Hoplomachus thunbergii
Hoplomachus thumbergii, Marford Quarry, North Wales, June 2017 (37672999661) .jpg

Hoplomachus thunbergii

Systematics
Subordination : Bed bugs (heteroptera)
Family : Soft bugs (Miridae)
Subfamily : Phylinae
Tribe : Phylini
Genre : Hoplomachus
Type : Hoplomachus thunbergii
Scientific name
Hoplomachus thunbergii
( Fallén , 1807)

Hoplomachus thunbergii is a species of bug from the family of soft bugs (Miridae).

features

The bugs are 3.8 to 4.5 millimeters long. They have dark markings on the head and pronotum and orange-brown hemielytras with pale edges and are darkly hairy on the upper side of the body. They are therefore unmistakable.

Occurrence and habitat

The species is widespread in the Palearctic and is only absent in Europe in the far north and the southern Mediterranean. In Germany and Austria it is not uncommon and probably widespread, but there is still a lack of evidence in some places. Sunny, dry, sandy and calcareous habitats with low vegetation are populated.

Way of life

The bugs feed on hawkweed ( Hieracium pilosella ) and, more rarely, on other daisy family such as rocket-leaf ragwort ( Senecio erucifolius ), meadow marguerite ( Chrysanthemum leucanthemum ) and hippocrepis . The adult bugs prefer to suckle on the female reproductive organs and the pollen of the plants, which makes them important for their pollination. The adults can be observed from the beginning of June to Andang August. The females insert their eggs almost completely into the cavity of the flower stem of the host plants, especially from late June to July.

supporting documents

Individual evidence

  1. ^ 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. 232 .
  2. ↑ Hoplomachus thunbergii. 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 .

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