Mermitelocerus schmidtii
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Mermitelocerus schmidtii is a species of bug from the family of soft bugs (Miridae).
features
The predominantly light green or yellowish colored bugs are 7.4 to 8 millimeters long. The head has a black pattern. On the neck label are centrally two black spots. The base of the pronotum is black. There is a black spot on the side of the pronotum near the base of the pronotum. A black horizontal line runs over the label not far from the base, from which a black longitudinal line leads in the middle to the tip of the label. Several dark longitudinal lines run across the corium . The Cuneus is light green with the exception of the dark tip. The membrane is brownish in color. The antennae are predominantly greenish in color. The apical end of the second antennae is darkened. The legs are mostly greenish in color. The apical ends of the femora are yellow-red.
The nymphs in the fifth and last instar have a predominantly dark red abdomen , which is only covered at the base by the not yet fully developed wings. The pronotum and head have a distinctive dark brown-black pattern. The dark brown-black femora have a whitish band. The base of the otherwise whitish tibia is black. The antennae are predominantly white. The first antennae and the apical end of the second antennae are black.
distribution
Mermitelocerus schmidtii occurs in the Palearctic . In Europe the distribution area extends over Central, South and Southeast Europe. In the north the occurrence extends to Denmark. The species is apparently absent on the British Isles , the Scandinavian Peninsula and the Iberian Peninsula . To the east, the occurrence of Mermitelocerus schmidtii extends across the Carpathians and the Caucasus to Central Asia.
Way of life
The adults are observed from early June to mid-July. The nymphs appear in May. The species is univolted and overwinters as an egg. The typical habitat of the species is formed by riparian forests. The bugs are mostly found on deciduous trees, especially the common ash , buckthorn , elm , hazel and maple . The bugs feed on zoophytophagus. They suckle on various small arthropods such as aphids and their larvae.
Taxonomy
The following synonyms can be found in the literature :
- Calocoris schmidtii ( fever , 1836)
- Phytocoris schmidtii fever , 1836
supporting documents
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f g h 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. 91 .
- ↑ a b c d Mermitelocerus schmidtii at Fauna Europaea. Retrieved May 4, 2019
- ↑ a b c Mermitelocerus schmidtii . www.miridae.dk. Retrieved May 4, 2019.
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
- Mermitelocerus schmidtii at www.naturspaziergang.de (Andreas Haselböck)
- Mermitelocerus schmidtii at www.biolib.cz