Nabis lineatus
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Nabis lineatus is a species of bug fromthe sickle bug family (Nabidae).
features
The bugs are 8.7 to 12.0 millimeters long. They have predominantly strongly shortened (microptere) wings, whereby the hemielytres are shorter than in Nabis flavomarginatus and only cover the second and partly the third abdominal segment . Only very rarely can one observe females with fully developed (macropter) wings, which are, however, deformed, so that the animals are probably always flightless. Nabis limbatus is similar to the species, but is smaller and has a wider connexive, making the physique appear less slender. However, this characteristic is only partially suitable for determination, as the males of Nabis limbatus are much slimmer than the females.
Occurrence and habitat
The species is widespread in Europe from the south of the British Isles and Scandinavia to the north of the Mediterranean region and east over Russia and Kazakhstan to northeast China. The spread is disjoint. In western and northern Europe, the species occurs predominantly in the Atlantic-influenced climatic area of the coasts and flatlands, in the east, however, the species is isolated to salty places inland. It is essentially absent in the low mountain ranges and mountain ranges. In Germany it is not uncommon in the northwestern lowlands, but occurs only sporadically in the southeast and not at all in the south. In Austria the species is only found more frequently in the salt areas around Lake Neusiedl .
Humid to wet sedge and reed stands near the coast on brackish water and inland low and high moors or silting zones of standing water are settled. In the continental area they are only found in salty places inland.
Way of life
Nabis lineatus lives close to the ground as well as high up on grasses such as sedges ( Carex ), rushes ( Juncus ), pipe grasses ( Molinia ), cotton grasses ( Eriophorum ), swaths ( Glyceria ) and phragmites . The overwintering takes place as an egg. The nymphs appear from May, the adults from the beginning of July and can be observed until September. The micropter individuals go through only four nymph stages.
supporting documents
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e Ekkehard Wachmann , Albert Melber, Jürgen Deckert: Bugs. Volume 1: Cimicomorpha: Dipsocoromorpha, Nepomorpha, Gerromorpha, Leptopodomorpha, Cimicomorpha (part 1) (= The animal world of Germany and the adjacent sea parts according to their characteristics and according to their way of life . 77th part). Goecke & Evers, Keltern 2006, ISBN 3-931374-49-1 , p. 178 .
- ↑ a b Nabis lineatus. British Bugs, accessed July 5, 2015 .
literature
- Ekkehard Wachmann , Albert Melber, Jürgen Deckert: Bugs. Volume 1: Cimicomorpha: Dipsocoromorpha, Nepomorpha, Gerromorpha, Leptopodomorpha, Cimicomorpha (part 1) (= The animal world of Germany and the adjacent sea parts according to their characteristics and according to their way of life . 77th part). Goecke & Evers, Keltern 2006, ISBN 3-931374-49-1 .
Web links
- Nabis lineatus in Fauna Europaea. Retrieved July 5, 2015