Liorhyssus hyalinus explained

Liorhyssus hyalinus is a species of scentless plant bugs belonging to the family Rhopalidae, subfamily Rhopalinae.

Synonyms

• Corizus gracilis Herrich-Schäffer, 1835 ^[1] Liorhyssus gracilis (Herrich-Schäffer, 1835)
• Corizus capensis Germar, 1838.^[2] Liorhyssus capensis (Germar, 1838)
• Rhopalus bengalensis Dallas, 1852 ^[3] Liorhyssus bengalensis (Dallas, 1852)
• Merocoris maculiventris Spinola, 1852^[4] Liorhyssus maculiventris (Spinola, 1852)
• Merocoris microtomus Spinola, 1852^[5] Liorhyssus microtomus (Spinola, 1852)
• Corizus dilatipennis Signoret, 1859 ^[6] Liorhyssus dilatipennis (Signoret, 1859)
• Corizus lugens Signoret, 1859^[7] Liorhyssus lugens (Signoret, 1859)
• Corizus marginatus Jakovlev, 1871 ; Liorhyssus marginatus (Jakovlev, 1871)
• Corizus (Liorhyssus) hyalinus var. nigrinus Puton, 1881 ^[8] Liorhyssus nigrinus (Puton, 1881)
• Liorhyssus natalensis var. corallinus Horváth, 1911^[9] Liorhyssus corallinus (Horváth, 1911)
• Corizus imperialis Distant, 1918^[10] Liorhyssus imperialis (Distant, 1918)

Distribution

This species can be found in most of Europe,^[11] in Africa, Australia, Northern Asia, Middle America, North America, Oceania, South America and Southern Asia.^[12]

Description

Liorhyssus hyalinus can reach a length of 6.5-. The basic body color varies from yellow-brown to red, but the upperside of the abdomen is mainly dark. This species can be distinguished by the length of the hyaline membrane of the hemelytra, which extends beyond the black upperside of the abdomen. There are two black spots at the extremity of the pronotum. These bugs are rather similar to Rhopalus and Stictopleurus species.^[13]

Biology

Adults are present all year around. As the whole Rhopalidae family, this species a plant feeder. It mainly feeds on Compositae and Erodium species.^[13]

Bibliography

• Dolling W.R., 2004 - Superfamily Coreoidea - Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region
• Henry, Thomas J., and Richard C. Froeschner, eds. (1988), Catalog of the Heteroptera, or True Bugs, of Canada and the Continental United States

External links

• Biolib
• Encyclopedia of life

Notes and References

1. Herrich-Schäffer. 1835. Faunae Insectorum Germanicae initia oder Deutschlands Insekten 127:plate 2 and legend
2. Germar. 1838. Revue Entomologique (Silbermann) 5:144
3. Dallas. 1852. List of the specimens of hemipterous insects in the collection of the British Museum II:528
4. Spinola. 1852. In Gay. Zoologia. Historia fisica y politica de Chile segun documentos adquiridos en esta republica durante doce años de residencia en ella y publicada bajo los auspicios del supremo gobierno 7:170. Pl. 2.9.
5. Spinola. 1852. In Gay. Zoologia. Historia fisica y politica de Chile segun documentos adquiridos en esta republica durante doce años de residencia en ella y publicada bajo los auspicios del supremo gobierno 7:171
6. Signoret. 1859. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 3 7:89
7. Signoret. 1859. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 3 7:92
8. Puton. 1881. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 6 1:117
9. Horváth. 1911[1910]. Bull. Soc. ent. Egypte 3(1910):105
10. Distant. 1918. In Shipley & G.A.K. Marshall [Ed.]. The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Rhynchota. Vol. 7. (Homoptera: appendix; Heteroptera: addenda) 170
11. https://fauna-eu.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/99ab585a-bf67-4710-a2b9-5710b09925fa Fauna europaea
12. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=108514#null ITIS Report
13. http://britishbugs.org.uk/heteroptera/Rhopalidae/liorhyssus_hyalinus.html British bugs