Dionconotus neglectus
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| Dionconotus neglectus var. flavescens | |
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| Dionconotus neglectus (Fabricius, 1798)
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Dionconotus neglectus is a plant bug belonging to the family Miridae, subfamily Mirinae. The species was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1798.[1]
Subspecies
[edit]- Dionconotus neglectus neglectus (Fabricius, 1798)
- Dionconotus neglectus major Wagner, 1968
- Dionconotus neglectus flavescens Ferrari, 1874
- Dionconotus neglectus sellatus Lindberg, 1930
Distribution
[edit]This species can mainly be found in France, Italy, Belgium, Bosnia and Croatia.[2]
Description
[edit]Dionconotus neglectus can reach a length of about 7 millimetres (0.28 in). Its body is usually black with red or yellow hemielytra.
Biology
[edit]These bugs are polyphagous, They develop on grasses and herbaceous weeds and migrate to orange trees. Adults can be found from mid-March to mid-May.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Kerzhner I. M.; Josifov M. (1999). "Family Miridae". In Aukema, Berend; Rieger, Christian (eds.). Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region. Vol. 3, Cimicomorpha II. Amsterdam: Netherlands Entomological Society. pp. 1–577, pages 96 &, 97. ISBN 978-90-71912-19-1.
- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ Alfred George Wheeler Biology of the Plant Bugs (Hemiptera: Miridae): Pests, Predators, Opportunists
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