Orthops basalis
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| Orthops basalis | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Family: | Miridae |
| Genus: | Orthops |
| Species: | O. basalis
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| Binomial name | |
| Orthops basalis (A. Costa, 1853)
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Orthops basalis is a species of plant bug belonging to the family Miridae, subfamily Mirinae that can be found everywhere in Europe except for Azores, Bosnia and Herzegovina Faroe Islands, Iceland and Cyprus.[1][2] then east across the Palearctic to Central Asia and Siberia.
Description
[edit | edit source]It is 5 millimetres (0.20 in) long and is elongated with males often having three pale spots on the scutellum.[3]
Biology
[edit | edit source]Orthops basalis lives on various Apiaceae and have no specialization in certain genera. Both the nymphs and the adult bugs are often on the flowers, especially on the stems directly below the flowers. There they suck on the immature reproductive organs. [4]
References
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- ^ 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, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)., S. 96.
External links
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