Spilostethus pandurus
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The pandur ( Spilostethus pandurus ) is a bug from the family of ground bugs (Lygaeidae).
features
The bugs are 12 to 14.5 millimeters long. It is strikingly marked with black and red neck plate (pronotum), black tag ( scutellum ) and a black bow tie on the Hemielytren . In the male, thighs ( femur ) and splints ( tibia ) are covered with thorns. The species reaches a body length of 13 to 15 millimeters.
distribution and habitat
The species is paleotropic and occurs from Africa to Asia to Australia. In the Palearctic , it is widespread in southern Europe and the entire Mediterranean region, and is occasionally introduced into Central Europe, where it is not yet indigenous. The northern limit of the indigenous distribution is in Valais (Switzerland) and in South Tyrol (Italy), occurrences in the Pannonian region of Austria (Lower Austria) are controversial (repeated introductions or relict occurrences during the warmer period). Presumably there are no indigenous deposits north of the Alps.
Way of life
The species feeds polyphagous and occurs as a pest on cultivated plants. While the animals prefer to stay on sun-warmed stones and trunks in late autumn, in summer they prefer the flowers of daisy family , umbelliferae and milkweed .
Surname
The species was described by Scopoli in 1763 in his "Entomologica carniolica" with Locus typicus from the area around Ljubljana . Scopoli does not mention this, but it is obvious that he gave this "knight bug" its name after the regionally known (historical) combat groups called Panduren .
supporting documents
Individual evidence
- ^ A b c 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 , p. 51 .
- ↑ a b Bedbugs (Heteroptera). www.paros.de, accessed on November 21, 2013 .
- ↑ Manuel Pramsohler & Andreas Hilpold (2007): Spilostethus pandurus (Scopoli, 1763) confirmed for South Tyrol (Heteroptera, Lygaeidae). Gredleriana 7/2007: 407-408.
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 .
