Blepharidopterus angulatus
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Family: | Miridae |
| Genus: | Blepharidopterus |
| Species: | B. angulatus
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| Blepharidopterus angulatus (Fallén, 1807)
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Blepharidopterus angulatus, the black-kneed capsid, is a species of plant bug in the family Miridae.[1][2][3][4] It is found in North Africa, Europe East across the Palearctic to Central Asia and in North America.[1]
Biology
The bugs feed mainly as predators of mites, mite eggs, aphids and other soft-bodied arthropods on various deciduous trees and shrubs. They are found mainly on Alnus, Betula , Corylus, Fraxinus, Ulmus, Tilia , Salix, Populus, Carpinus and Fagus. Occasionally suck also on the immature seeds of the plants.[5]
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Blepharidopterus angulatus showing size Arnhem, the Netherlands -
Blepharidopterus angulatus on Silver Birch
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References
- ^ a b c "Blepharidopterus angulatus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
- ^ "Blepharidopterus angulatus species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
- ^ "Blepharidopterus angulatus". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
- ^ "Blepharidopterus angulatus Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
- ^ 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.
Further reading
- "On-line Systematic Catalog of Plant Bugs". American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
External links
Media related to Blepharidopterus angulatus at Wikimedia Commons
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