Stictopleurus crassicornis explained

Stictopleurus crassicornis is a species of scentless plant bugs belonging to the family Rhopalidae, subfamily Rhopalinae.^{[1] [2]}

Description

Stictopleurus crassicornis can reach a length of 6.7-.^[3] These bugs have a punctuated pronotum, a banded connexivum and a rounded or pointed tip of the scutellum.^[4] The body is brown and the abdomen is often greenish. In the anterior margin of the pronotum there are two small dark brown markings quite difficult to discern.

Biology

Adults can be found from June to September. These bugs feed on various Asteraceae species.^[3]

Distribution

This species is widespread in most of Europe and in Northern Asia (excluding China).^{[5] [6]} The preferred habitats are meadows.^[3]

Bibliography

• Henry, Thomas J., and Richard C. Froeschner, eds. (1988), Catalog of the Heteroptera, or True Bugs, of Canada and the Continental United States
• Göllner-Scheiding, Ursula (1975) Revision der Gattung Stictopleurus Stål, 1872 (Heteroptera, Rhopalidae), Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, n. f., vol. 22, no. 1-3

Notes and References

1. https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id71530/ Biolib
2. http://wwwuser.gwdg.de/~nprpic/webrepository/metazoa/arthropoda/insecta/heteroptera/rhopalidae/stictopleurus/stictopleuruscra.html Depository
3. http://www.commanster.eu/commanster/Insects/Bugs/SuBugs/Stictopleurus.crassicornis.html Commanster
4. http://www.tuin-thijs.com/insecten-buitenland-engels.htm Insects France
5. https://web.archive.org/web/20151126045518/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=453654 Fauna europaea
6. http://www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2011/details/species/id/6839989 Catalogue of life