Pinecone Bug

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Pinecone Bug
Pine cone bug (Gastrodes grossipes)

Pine cone bug ( Gastrodes grossipes )

Systematics
Subordination : Bed bugs (heteroptera)
Family : Rhyparochromidae
Subfamily : Rhyparochrominae
Tribe : Drymini
Genre : Gastrodes
Type : Pinecone Bug
Scientific name
Gastrodes grossipes
( De Geer , 1773)
Dorsal view
Ventral view
nymph

The pine cone Bug ( Gastrodes grossipes ) is a bug from the family of rhyparochromidae .

features

The bugs are 5.5 to 7.3 millimeters long. One can distinguish the kind of Gastrodes abietum by its dark colored sides of the pronotum , by its generally darker reddish-brown coloring and by the first antennae that reaches behind the head. In addition, the pronotum is more dotted than in the similar species. Its scutellum is colored black.

distribution and habitat

The species is found in almost all of Europe except in the far north. In the east the distribution area extends over Asia Minor and the Caucasus , as well as to Siberia. In Central Europe, the species is widespread and mostly common.

Way of life

The animals live on Scots pine ( Pinus sylvestris ) and other pines ( Pinus ), less often on other pine plants (Pinaceae), such as. B. European larch ( Larix decidua ). In contrast to the other species of the genus Gastrodes, the females lay their eggs in rows on the needles of their host trees . The way of life is otherwise the same as that of Gastrodes abietum . The animals can also be found under bark, in cracks and in cones of conifers. They mainly suck on the needles of trees.

supporting documents

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Wachmann: Wanzen , Vol. 3, S. 117f
  2. ^ Gastrodes grossipes. British Bugs, accessed December 29, 2013 .
  3. ↑ a b Pine cone bug - Gastrodes grossipes (DE GEER, 1773). www.natur-in-nrw.de, accessed on 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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