Pionosomus varius

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Pionosomus varius
Systematics
Subordination : Bed bugs (heteroptera)
Family : Rhyparochromidae
Subfamily : Rhyparochrominae
Tribe : Gonianotini
Genre : Pionosomus
Type : Pionosomus varius
Scientific name
Pionosomus varius
( Wolff , 1804)

Pionosomus varius is a bug fromthe Rhyparochromidae family .

features

The bugs are 2.4 to 3.2 millimeters long. The bodies of the small animals are covered with dark, bristly hair. They have a white spot on the wing membrane and the second part of the antennae is generously pale.

distribution and habitat

The species colonizes Western Europe, from the south of Scandinavia and the south of England to Spain and also to North Africa. In the east it is becoming increasingly rare and only occurs sporadically in northern Russia and south-eastern Europe. The species is widespread in Germany, but is much more common in the west than in the east. However, it generally only occurs locally and rarely, but can occur in large numbers at suitable locations. The species has not yet been proven from Austria. Like Pionosomus opacellus , the species colonizes sandy soils in favorable temperatures.

Way of life

The way of life does not differ from Pionosomus opacellus either . They suckle on seeds lying on the ground and form one generation per year. The hibernation takes place as adults in loose, dry litter.

supporting documents

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Wachmann: Wanzen , vol. 3, p. 135f
  2. ↑ Pionosomus varius. 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 .

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