Blepharidopterus angulatus
| Blepharidopterus angulatus | |
|---|---|
.jpg)
| |
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Family: | Miridae |
| Genus: | Blepharidopterus |
| Species: | B. angulatus
|
| Binomial name | |
| Blepharidopterus angulatus (Fallén, 1807)
| |
| Synonyms[1] | |
| |
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[edit]
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]
-
Blepharidopterus angulatus showing size Arnhem, the Netherlands -
Blepharidopterus angulatus on Silver Birch
,_Arnhem,_the_Netherlands_-_2.jpg)
.jpg)
B. angulatus has one generation per year. Eggs are laid from July to October in the wood of trees where they remain embedded until the following spring. Nymphal stages develop in 35 to 39 days. Adult females can deposit up to 43 eggs, their life span is 51 days. Up to 4000 mites can be consumed by a female, or about 50 mites per day. This species feeds on plant tissue, but it does not cause injury on plants.[6]
References[edit]
- ^ 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.
- ^ Jeppson, L.R.; Keifer, H.H.; Baker, E.W. (1975). Mites Injurious to Economic Plants. Berkeley: University of California Press. p. 87. ISBN 0-520-02381-1.
Further reading[edit]
- "On-line Systematic Catalog of Plant Bugs". American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
External links[edit]
Media related to Blepharidopterus angulatus at Wikimedia Commons
 | This Miridae article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |