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Stictopleurus crassicornis

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Stictopleurus crassicornis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Rhopalidae
Genus: Stictopleurus
Species:
S. crassicornis
Binomial name
Stictopleurus crassicornis
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
  • Cimex crassicornis Linnaeus, 1758

Stictopleurus crassicornis is a species of scentless plant bugs belonging to the family Rhopalidae, subfamily Rhopalinae.[1][2]

Description

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Stictopleurus crassicornis can reach a length of 6.7–8.2 millimetres (0.26–0.32 in).[3] These bugs have a punctuated pronotum, a banded connexivum and a rounded or pointed tip of the scutellum.[4] The body is brown and the abdomen is often greenish. In the anterior margin of the pronotum there are two small dark brown markings quite difficult to discern.

Biology

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Adults can be found from June to September. These bugs feed on various Asteraceae species.[3]

Distribution

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This species is widespread in most of Europe and in Northern Asia (excluding China).[5][6] The preferred habitats are meadows.[3]

Bibliography

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  • Henry, Thomas J., and Richard C. Froeschner, eds. (1988), Catalog of the Heteroptera, or True Bugs, of Canada and the Continental United States
  • Göllner-Scheiding, Ursula (1975) Revision der Gattung Stictopleurus Stål, 1872 (Heteroptera, Rhopalidae), Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, n. f., vol. 22, no. 1-3

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