Nysius ericae

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Nysius ericae
Nysius ericae, specimen

Nysius ericae , specimen

Systematics
Class : Insects (Insecta)
Order : Schnabelkerfe (Hemiptera)
Subordination : Bed bugs (heteroptera)
Family : Ground bugs (Lygaeidae)
Genre : Nysius
Type : Nysius ericae
Scientific name
Nysius ericae
( Schilling , 1829)
Nysius ericae
nymph

Nysius ericae is a bug from the family of ground bugs (Lygaeidae).

features

The bugs become 3.5 to 4.5 millimeters long. The species is difficult to distinguish from the other species in the genus Nysius . Nysius thymi in particular is very similar. Both species lack the easily recognizable dark ring at the base of the second antennae and both have dark spots on the wing membrane. The safest way to determine this in males is through a genital examination. The females can be distinguished by the hairs on the veins of the wings, which are longer than the similar species.

distribution and habitat

The species is distributed in large parts of the Palearctic and occurs in the north to the subarctic, Greenland and also in North America. It also colonizes Africa all the way to the south. It is very common there. B. in the Virunga National Park in the Republic of the Congo the most common type of bed bugs. The species can be found everywhere in Central Europe, but it is rarer than Nysius thymi . It prefers to colonize dry and temperature-favored, sandy habitats with low, patchy vegetation, but it is found on other soils.

Way of life

The animals live on a large number of different composites (Asteraceae). The overwintering apparently occurs mostly as an egg.

supporting documents

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c 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. 62 .
  2. ↑ Arocatus longiceps. 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 .

Web links

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