Pinalitus cervinus
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Pinalitus cervinus is a type of bug from the family of soft bugs (Miridae).
features
The bugs are 3.8 to 4.5 millimeters long. They are very variable in color, but mostly colored golden-brown. However, there are also red-brown or greenish specimens. The tip of the second antenna segment is black; the base, as in all species of the genera, is pale. The tip of the cuneus is dark or reddish in color. The hemielytres are quite transparent and, like the scutellum, are variably uncolored to black patterned. They are covered with pale hair.
Occurrence and habitat
The species occurs throughout Europe, western North Africa and across Asia Minor to the Caucasus. It was also introduced to Canada by humans. In Central Europe, it is widespread and not uncommon in Germany and Austria.
Way of life
The bugs are found on deciduous trees, such as linden trees ( Tilia ), ash trees ( Fraxinus ) and hazel ( Corylus ) and, more rarely, on box trees ( Buxus ), oaks ( Quercus ), prunus , whitebeams ( Sorbus ) and hawthorns ( Crataegus ). On the other hand, they are also found in juniper ( Juniperus ) and other cypress plants (Cupressaceae) such as arborvitae ( Thuja ) or false cypresses ( Chamaecyparis ). The animals suckle on the buds and especially on the differently developed female reproductive organs of the plants. This is why the bugs are only found on fertile plants. How wintering takes place in Central Europe is not yet fully understood. Hibernation is assumed to be an egg, as known from Sweden, especially since adult animals can be observed in Central Europe from mid-May. It is conceivable that the species also develops a second generation per year regionally.
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. 115 f .
- ↑ Pinalitus cervinus. British Bugs, accessed December 26, 2014 .
- ^ Ekkehard Wachmann , Albert Melber, Jürgen Deckert: Bugs. Volume 5: supplement volume. Dipsocoromorpha, Nepomorpha, Gerromorpha, Leptopodomorpha, Cimicomorpha and Pentatomomorpha. (= The animal world of Germany and the adjacent parts of the sea according to their characteristics and their way of life . 82nd part). Goecke & Evers, Keltern 2012, ISBN 978-3-937783-58-1 , p. 26 .
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 .
- Ekkehard Wachmann , Albert Melber, Jürgen Deckert: Bugs. Volume 5: supplement volume. Dipsocoromorpha, Nepomorpha, Gerromorpha, Leptopodomorpha, Cimicomorpha and Pentatomomorpha. (= The animal world of Germany and the adjacent parts of the sea according to their characteristics and their way of life . 82nd part). Goecke & Evers, Keltern 2012, ISBN 978-3-937783-58-1 .
Web links
- Pinalitus cervinus in Fauna Europaea. Retrieved December 26, 2014
- www.britishbugs.org.uk - photos, description