Orthotylus marginalis

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Orthotylus marginalis
Orthotylus marginalis

Orthotylus marginalis

Systematics
Subordination : Bed bugs (heteroptera)
Family : Soft bugs (Miridae)
Subfamily : Orthotylinae
Tribe : Orthotylini
Genre : Orthotyle
Type : Orthotylus marginalis
Scientific name
Orthotylus marginalis
Reuter , 1883

Orthotylus marginalis is a species of bug from the family of soft bugs (Miridae).

features

The bugs are 5.8 to 6.9 millimeters long. The species of the genus Orthotylus are predominantly green in color. Many are extremely similar and are therefore very difficult to determine based on external characteristics. The host plants of the respective individuals are therefore an important indicator. Orthotylus marginalis is densely pale hairy on the upper side of the body. The membrane of the hemielytres and the veins are green. The first antennae is brownish.

Occurrence and habitat

The species is distributed in Europe without the southern Mediterranean and east to Siberia and Central Asia. It is widespread and common in Germany and Austria. It is the most common type of deciduous tree species in Central Europe.

Way of life

The bugs live on various deciduous trees, especially on narrow but also broad-leaved willows ( Salix ) such as purple willow ( Salix purpurea ) or ash willow ( Salix cinerea ). It is not as common to find them on other deciduous trees such as alder ( Alnus ), apples ( Malus ), ash ( Fraxinus ), linden ( Tilia ) and elm ( Ulmus ). They feed on zoophytophagus and also suckle on aphids , leaf fleas and spider mites , but are not dependent on the predatory diet. The adult bugs appear from early June to August. A generation develops every year.

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. 187 .
  2. ^ Orthotylus marginalis. 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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