Macrotylus horvathi

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Macrotylus horvathi
Systematics
Subordination : Bed bugs (heteroptera)
Family : Soft bugs (Miridae)
Subfamily : Phylinae
Tribe : Phylini
Genre : Macrotylus
Type : Macrotylus horvathi
Scientific name
Macrotylus horvathi
( Reuter , 1876)

Macrotylus horvathi is a species of bug from the family of soft bugs (Miridae).

features

The bugs are 4.2 to 5.1 millimeters long. The species of the genus Macrotylus are showy animals with a gray-green basic color and rather parallel margins. They can be recognized by their thick hair with coarse, dark hair on the hemielytres and also have a conspicuous pattern on the membranes of the hemielytres. The spurs of the splints ( tibia ) are fine and inconspicuous. Macrotylus horvathi , like Macrotylus solitarius , has a pale green colored first antennae . At the tip of the wing membrane, however, there is a dark, circular spot to demarcate it. The thighs ( femora ) are also densely covered with dark spots.

Occurrence and habitat

The species is distributed in southern Central and Eastern Europe, the northern Mediterranean area and south-east to the Caucasus. Although it has been found in many places in Germany, it is only incompletely proven and is missing in the northwestern lowlands. It is not often here. In Austria it has so far only been proven from the Pannonian East.

Way of life

In Germany the species apparently lives exclusively on black nettle ( Ballota nigra ), in Austria and in the Mediterranean area there are also records of other genera of the mint family (Lamiaceae) such as sage ( Salvia ), thyme ( thymus ) and rosemary ( Rosmarinus ). The adult bugs can be found from July to September, the nymphs until the beginning of August.

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. 234 ff .
  2. ↑ Macrotylus horvathi. British Bugs, accessed January 4, 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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