Phytocoris ulmi
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Phytocoris ulmi is a species of bug from the family of soft bugs (Miridae).
features
The bugs are 6.4 to 8.1 millimeters long. The species of the genus Phytocoris can be recognized by their long thighs ( femora ) of the hind legs and the long first antennae . Only Miridius quadrivirgatus also has these characteristics. Phytocoris ulmi has a similar basic color as Phytocoris varipes , but the upper side is more uniformly patterned and it lacks elongated spots. The first antenna segment is thinner and the hairs on the antennae are longer than the antennae are wide. Both the males and the females are fully winged (macropter). Females with shortened (brachypteric) hemielytras also rarely occur.
Occurrence and habitat
The species is widespread in Northern and Central Europe and occurs only rarely in the Mediterranean area and here in the west. In the east the distribution extends to the Caucasus. The species is widespread and common in Germany and Austria.
Way of life
The bugs live mainly on trees and shrubs in sunny locations, but also on herbaceous plants. They are often found on hawthorns ( Crataegus ), blackthorn ( Prunus spinosa ), but also on apples ( Malus ), Prunus species, hazel ( Corylus ), willow ( Salix ), currants ( Ribes ), broom ( Cytisus scoparius ) and others . They feed zoophytophag and suck on spider mites , aphids , psyllids , scale insects and other small insects and otherwise to the reproductive organs of the host plants. The animals are nocturnal. Adults can be found from mid-July, rarely from June, to the end of September and early October. The females lay their eggs in the cracks in the bark on younger branches of the host plants.
supporting documents
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d 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. 111 .
- ↑ Phytocoris ulmi. 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
- Phytocoris ulmi at Fauna Europaea. Retrieved January 4, 2015