Biology:Orthops campestris

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Short description: Species of true bug

Orthops campestris
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Miridae
Genus: Orthops
Species:
O. campestris
Binomial name
Orthops campestris
Synonyms
  • Cimex campestris Linnaeus, 1758

Orthops campestris is a species of plant bugs belonging to the family Miridae, subfamily Mirinae,[1] that can be found everywhere in Europe except for Azores, Faroe Islands, Iceland and African islands such as Canary Islands and Cyprus.[2] and across the Palearctic to Central Asia and Siberia.

Description and ecology

It is 4 millimetres (0.16 in) long with short antennae. They feed on wild parsnip, Angelica, Heracleum , Aegopodium, Daucus, Anthriscus, Pimpinella, Anethum, and in gardens on Levisticum officinale. Adults overwinter after which they mate in spring. The new generation starts in July.[3] [4]


References

  1. Kerzhner I. M.; Josifov M. (1999). "Family Miridae". in Aukema, Berend. Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region. 3, Cimicomorpha II. Amsterdam: Netherlands Entomological Society. pp. 1–577, pages 132 & 133. ISBN 978-90-71912-19-1. 
  2. "Orthops (Orthops) campestris (Linnaeus, 1758)". Fauna Europaea. August 29, 2013. http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=452078. Retrieved October 14, 2013. 
  3. "Orthops campestris". British Bugs. http://www.britishbugs.org.uk/heteroptera/Miridae/orthops_campestris.html. Retrieved June 23, 2013. 
  4. Ekkehard Wachmann, Albert Melber, Jürgen Deckert: Wanzen. Band 2: Cimicomorpha: Microphysidae (Flechtenwanzen), Miridae (Weichwanzen) (= Die Tierwelt Deutschlands und der angrenzenden Meeresteile nach ihren Merkmalen und nach ihrer Lebensweise. 75. Teil). Goecke & Evers, Keltern 2006, ISBN:3-931374-57-2.

Wikidata ☰ Q10612459 entry