Biology:Rhopalus subrufus

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Short description: Species of true bug

Rhopalus subrufus
Rhopalus subrufus MHNT Leguevin.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Rhopalidae
Genus: Rhopalus
Species:
R. subrufus
Binomial name
Rhopalus subrufus
(Gmelin, 1790)

Rhopalus subrufus is a species of scentless plant bugs belonging to the family Rhopalidae, subfamily Rhopalinae.[1] It is found in most of Europe, but not Ireland and northern Scandinavia.[2]

Description

The total length of R. subrufus is about 7 millimetres (0.28 in). It can be distinguished for its membranous forewings and the connexivum with dark and light stripes.[1]

It mainly feeds on Hypericum species, but also on many other plants.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Dolling, W. R. (2006). "Superfamily Coreoidea". in Aukema, Berend. Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region. 5, Pentatomomorpha II. Amsterdam: Netherlands Entomological Society. pp. 2–7. ISBN 978-90-71912-28-3. 
  2. "Rhopalus subrufus (Gmelin, 1790)". Fauna Europaea. August 29, 2013. http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=453651. Retrieved February 14, 2015. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q309791 entry