Biology:Deraeocoris flavilinea

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Short description: Species of true bug

Deraeocoris flavilinea
Deraeocoris flavilinea female.jpg
Deraeocoris flavilinea, female
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Miridae
Genus: Deraeocoris
Species:
D. flavilinea
Binomial name
Deraeocoris flavilinea
(Costa, 1862)

Deraeocoris flavilinea is a species of plant bug in the family Miridae.[1]

Description

Deraeocoris flavilinea measures 7–8 mm in length. They are sexually dimorphic: males are much darker than the more orange females, and the front and rear margins of the pronotum are narrowly pale. The cuneus is variable and the sides of the scutellum paler in both sexes.[2]

Distribution

Deraeocoris flavilinea is present in Austria, Belgium, United Kingdom, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, and Slovenia.[1] It was first recorded in the UK in 1996.[2]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q3023552 entry