Juniper edge bug

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Juniper edge bug
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Juniper margin bug ( Gonocerus juniperi )

Systematics
Subordination : Bed bugs (heteroptera)
Family : Edge bugs (Coreidae)
Subfamily : Coreinae
Tribe : Gonocerini
Genre : Gonocerus
Type : Juniper edge bug
Scientific name
Gonocerus juniperi
Herrich-Schäffer , 1839

The juniper border bug ( Gonocerus juniperi ) is a bug from the family of the border bugs (Coreidae).

features

The yellow-brown to red-brown colored bugs are 11-14 mm long. Your body is covered with small black spots. The second and third antennae have a reddish-brown base and a blackish apical end. The first antenna segment is completely red-brown in color, the fourth antenna segment is red-brown with the exception of the base. The lateral edges of the pronotum are blackish, the posterior corners of the pronotum are slightly curved upwards. The legs are green or yellowish-brownish.

distribution

The species is widespread in the northern Mediterranean as well as in the south of Central Europe. To the east, the occurrence extends to Central Asia . In Germany the juniper margin bug occurs mainly in the south.

Way of life

The heat-loving bug species prefers sun-exposed areas as their habitat. The common juniper ( Juniperus communis ) is the most important food and host plant of the bug species . In Central Europe, imported conifers and other juniper species are also used as host plants. The larvae and adults suckle on the berries of their host plant. The bugs are observed from May. The eggs are laid until the summer. The adult bugs of the next generation appear from the beginning of August. The adults overwinter in the leaf and needle litter.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e 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. 222.
  2. ^ Frieder Sauer: Bugs and Cicadas. Fauna-Verlag, Karlsfeld 1996, ISBN 3-923010-12-5 , page 76.
  3. ↑ ' Gonocerus juniperi' in Fauna Europaea. Retrieved May 18, 2019

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