Leptopterna ferrugata
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Leptopterna ferrugata is a species of bug from the family of soft bugs (Miridae).
features
The bugs are 6.7 to 9.0 millimeters long. The large species of the genus Leptopterna often have reddish or orange-yellow colored hemielytres . They have sloping pits between the compound eyes and the legs and antennae are hairy with long dark hair. Males and females of Leptopterna ferrugata differ in their appearance ( sexual dimorphism ). Males usually have brown-pink colored hemielytres and their second antennae is about the same length as the third and fourth combined. Some of them have a high proportion of black in their coloring. In the reddish-colored females, the second antennae is wider than the base of the rails ( tibia ) of the front legs. The males are always fully winged (macropter), the females predominantly have shortened (brachyptere) hemielytras, only rarely are they macropter; there are, however, intermediate forms.
Occurrence and habitat
The species occurs in almost all of Europe, east to Siberia and in the south to the northern Mediterranean and Asia Minor. It is also common in North America. In Germany the species is widespread and mostly common, but it is much rarer than Leptopterna dolabrata . In contrast to this species, much drier and warmer, nutrient-poor habitats are populated, such as dunes, heaths, poor and semi-arid grasslands.
Way of life
The bugs feed on low-growing grasses such as common red fescue ( Festuca rubra ) and red ostrich grass ( Agrostis tenuis ), but also on wiry Schmiele ( Deschampsia flexuosa ). The females pierce their eggs into the upper parts of the blades of grass. As with Leptopterna dolabrata , the nymphs hatch from early to mid-May and develop into adult bugs by June. These live until August, females are rarely found in September.
supporting documents
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f 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. 133 .
- ↑ a b Leptopterna ferrugata. 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
- Leptopterna ferrugata at Fauna Europaea. Retrieved January 3, 2015