Kleidocerys ericae

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Kleidocerys ericae
Systematics
Class : Insects (Insecta)
Order : Schnabelkerfe (Hemiptera)
Subordination : Bed bugs (heteroptera)
Family : Ground bugs (Lygaeidae)
Genre : Kleidocerys
Type : Kleidocerys ericae
Scientific name
Kleidocerys ericae
( Horváth , 1908)

Kleidocerys ericae is a bug from the family of ground bugs (Lygaeidae). The relationship to Kleidocerys privignus is unclear.

features

The bugs are 3.5 to 4.8 millimeters long. They have a rust-colored body and look very similar to the birch bug ( Kleidocerys resedae ). However, they are somewhat smaller than the similar species and drawn somewhat differently: The pale areas on the scutellum are usually larger in K. ericae and it also has fewer dark spots on the corium of the hemielytras .

distribution and habitat

The species is predominantly Mediterranean, but reaches the Netherlands and England to the north in the west and the area around Lake Neusiedl in the east . It is also found in North Africa.

Way of life

The animals live on the heather family (Ericaceae), such as B. Heather ( Calluna vulgaris ) and heather ( Erica ). In the Mediterranean region, it is mainly found on tree heather ( Erica arborea ). They suck on the seeds and immature generative parts. With good temperature conditions, two generations occur per year and the older nymphs can hibernate in addition to the adults .

supporting documents

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d 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 , p. 68 .
  2. ↑ Kleidocerys ericae. 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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