Neides tipularius

Neides tipularius
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Heteroptera
Family:	Berytidae
Genus:	Neides
Species:	N. tipularius
Binomial name
Neides tipularius (Linnaeus, 1758)

Neides tipularius is a Palearctic stilt bug. It occurs from the Northern Mediterranean to Scandinavia and the British Isles. Further east it is found in Asia minor and the Caucasus to Central Asia. In Germany and the Alps it is widespread and not uncommon. In Britain it is locally common in large parts of the South. In Ireland it is rare.

Adults are 9.5 to 11.5 mm long. They are drab grey-brown or straw coloured and easily recognizable by their slender elongate bodies and very long legs. The similar representatives of the genus of Berytinus are smaller and have a much shorter second antennal segment. The hemielytra are always fully developed. Nymphs are colored green.

Neides tipularius feeds on various herbaceous plants such as Cerastium, Arenaria, Silene, various Caryophyllaceae, Erodium, Geraniaceae and others. The imagines also feed on grasses (Poaceae such as Corynephorus and Agrostis. They are associated with dry, sandy soils and coastal dunes.

References

• Ekkehard Wachmann, Albert Melber, Jürgen Deckert: Wanzen. Band 3: Pentatomomorpha I: Aradoidea (Rindenwanzen), Lygaeoidea (Bodenwanzen u. a.), Pyrrhocoroidea (Feuerwanzen) und Coreoidea (Randwanzen u. a.). (= Die Tierwelt Deutschlands und der angrenzenden Meeresteile nach ihren Merkmalen und nach ihrer Lebensweise. 78. Teil). Goecke & Evers, Keltern 2007, ISBN 978-3-937783-29-1.

External links

• British Bugs