Orthops campestris

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Orthops campestris
Orthops campestris

Orthops campestris

Systematics
Subordination : Bed bugs (heteroptera)
Family : Soft bugs (Miridae)
Subfamily : Mirinae
Tribe : Mirini
Genre : Orthops
Type : Orthops campestris
Scientific name
Orthops campestris
( Linnaeus , 1758)

Orthops campestris is a species of bug from the family of soft bugs (Miridae).

features

The bugs are 3.6 to 4.5 millimeters long. The species of the genus Orthops have dark antennae . Sometimes they cannot be determined with certainty from external characteristics. Orthops campestris is usually green in color or has a green tinge. The smallest species of the genus also has the most oval shape. Their antennae are short, the third segment is much shorter than the width of the head.

Occurrence and habitat

The species is distributed in Europe and North Africa, east to Siberia and Central Asia. It is widespread in Germany and Austria and can be common in some places. Sunny, warm, open habitats with varying degrees of humidity are populated.

Way of life

The bugs live on umbellifers (Apiaceae). They particularly suckle on parsnips ( Pastinaca ), angelica ( Angelica ), hogweed ( Heracleum ), groundgrass ( Aegopodium ), carrots ( Daucus ), chervil ( Anthriscus ), beavers ( Pimpinella ) and dill ( Anethum ). They can also be found in gardens on lovage ( Levisticum officinale ). The wintering takes place as an imago . It can also take place on conifers ( spruce trees ). The females pierce their eggs into the leaves and buds of the sprouting plants. Like Orthops basalis , the nymphs appear from May, the adult bugs from June or July and can be observed on the plants until October and November.

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. 96 f .
  2. ^ Orthops campestris. 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 .

Web links

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