Rhopalus subrufus
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Rhopalus subrufus is a bug from the family of glass wing bugs (Rhopalidae).
features
Like all species of the tribe Rhopalini, Rhopalus subrufus is medium-sized and elongated and, like most species of the tribe, is very hairy. The animals reach a body length of 7.0 to 7.7 mm. The pronotum does not show a bright center line, the scutellum is usually two-pointed.
The head and pronotum are red or yellow-brown. The scutellum is also red-brown with a whitish tip. The 6th tergite shows five yellowish spots on a black background, three larger ones on the front edge and two smaller ones in the rear corners. The basal half of the corium is whitish, the end half red-brown. The connexive is yellow with rectangular red or black spots on the back two-thirds of each segment. The connexive spot on the 6th tergite does not reach the rear edge of the tergite.
distribution and habitat
The distribution area covers almost all of Europe, Rhopalus subrufus is only missing here in the north of the British Isles and Scandinavia . The area of the species also includes the subtropics and tropics around the world. The species is not rare and sometimes common in Germany south of the low mountain range and in Austria, but it is largely absent in the northwestern German lowlands.
Rhopalus subrufus colonizes a broad spectrum of dry to moderately moist, open to partially shaded habitats and inhabits the herb layer here .
Way of life
Like all glass wing bugs, Rhopalus subrufus is phytophagous and mainly feeds on the fruits of its host plants. It is polyphagous and was found on a large number of likely food crops, but preferably well geraniaceae (Geraniaceae) and mint (Lamiaceae). The species overwinters as an imago and can be observed from May after the hibernation. Mating was observed in May and June. Apparently only one generation is trained in Central Europe, newly hatched adults can be observed from July to September.
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literature
- Zoological State Collection Munich: Identification key of the family Rhopalidae AMYOT & SERVILLE, 1843, subfamily Rhopalinae AMYOT & SERVILLE, 1843 (glass wing bugs) from Bavaria. Full text online as PDF
- Ekkehard Wachmann , Albert Melber, Jürgen Deckert: Bugs Volume 3: Aradidae, Lygaeidae, Piesmatidae, Berytidae, Pyrrhocoridae, Alydidae, Coreidae, Rhopalidae, Stenocephalidae , Goecke & Evers, Keltern 2007, ISBN 978-3-937783-29-1 , ISBN 978-3-937783-29-1 244-245.
Web links
- Rhopalus subrufus in Fauna Europaea. Retrieved September 14, 2011