Tingis reticulata
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Tingis reticulata is a bug from the family of net bugs (Tingidae).
features
The bugs are 3.9 to 4.5 millimeters long, making them the largest species of the genus in Central Europe. Species of the genus Tingis are gray-brown in color and coated with white, powdery wax excretions. The fourth part of the antennae is wider than the third and there are three small appendages on the head between the eyes. They are always fully winged (macropter). Tingis reticulata can be determined from the hairiness on the dorsal side of the body and around the edges of the pronotum and hemielytras . The species is also slightly larger than Tingis ampliata .
distribution and habitat
The species is widespread in almost all of Europe and is only absent in the north. In the east it occurs as far as the Ukraine and the Caucasus. In Central Europe it is widespread and mostly common, especially in the south. In the north-west of Germany it has only been found in individual locations and is rare. In the Alps, it rises to around 1700 meters above sea level. The species is rare in Great Britain and is particularly common in the south and center of England. Dry to moderately moist, mostly shady places are populated.
Way of life
The animals live mainly in Bugle ( Ajuga ), in Central Europe especially on creeping bugle ( Ajuga reptans ) from the family of the mint (Lamiaceae). But they have also been detected on the underside of the leaves of mullein ( Verbascum ), family of figwort plants (Scrophulariaceae). Unlike the other Tingis species, the females do not pierce the eggs completely into the plant tissue. Sucking the bugs leaves behind many puncture points on the rosette leaves, especially on the lower part of the plants, which often lead to the death of the leaves. The development is essentially the same as for the other Tingis species. In August, the adults start looking for a wintering area, which is usually close to the food plants in the litter , in moss or on dry soil under the rosettes of mullein.
supporting documents
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Wachmann: Wanzen , vol. 1, p. 155f
- ↑ a b Tingis reticulata. British Bugs, accessed June 22, 2014 .
literature
- Ekkehard Wachmann , Albert Melber, Jürgen Deckert: Bugs. Volume 1: Cimicomorpha: Dipsocoromorpha, Nepomorpha, Gerromorpha, Leptopodomorpha, Cimicomorpha (part 1) (= The animal world of Germany and the adjacent sea parts according to their characteristics and according to their way of life . 77th part). Goecke & Evers, Keltern 2006, ISBN 3-931374-49-1 .
Web links
- Tingis reticulata in Fauna Europaea. Retrieved June 22, 2014