Ischnocoris angustulus

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Ischnocoris angustulus
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Ischnocoris angustulus

Systematics
Subordination : Bed bugs (heteroptera)
Family : Rhyparochromidae
Subfamily : Rhyparochrominae
Tribe : Drymini
Genre : Isnocoris
Type : Ischnocoris angustulus
Scientific name
Ischnocoris angustulus
( Boheman , 1852)

Ischnocoris angustulus is a bug fromthe Rhyparochromidae family .

features

The bugs are 2.4 to 3.0 millimeters long. They are similar to Macrodema micropterum , but can be distinguished by the predominantly pale colored splints ( tibia ), the relatively large compound eyes and the sometimes pale antennae . Most of the adults are brachypter, so they have shortened wings. Macroptere, i.e. fully winged animals rarely appear.

distribution and habitat

The species is widespread in Europe, especially in the west. In the north it occurs to the south of Scandinavia and Great Britain, in the south to western North Africa and further east over Central Europe to Russia. The species is widespread in Germany, but more common in the north than in the south, and it is absent in Austria. The animals inhabit sandy soils in heather -Heiden, fallow or waste ground and live between mosses and lichens, but also in the leaf litter below junipers ( Juniperus ) and cytisus ( Cytisus ). The animals are rarely found on stony ground, for example under sagebrush ( Artemisia campestris ).

Way of life

It has not been proven that the animals have special food plants. One generation occurs per year, with mating in May and the adults of the new generation appearing from July.

supporting documents

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Wachmann: Bugs , Vol. 3, p. 117
  2. ↑ Ischnocoris angustulus. British Bugs, accessed December 29, 2013 .

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 .

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