Dionconotus neglectus

Dionconotus neglectus
Dionconotus neglectus var. flavescens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Infraorder: Cimicomomorpha
Superfamily: Miroidea
Family: Miridae
Subfamily: Mirinae
Genus: Dionconotus
Species: D. neglectus
Binomial name
Dionconotus neglectus
(Fabricius, 1798)

Dionconotus neglectus is a species of plant bugs belonging to the family Miridae, subfamily Mirinae.[1]

Subspecies

  • Dionconotus neglectus neglectus (Fabricius, 1798)
  • Dionconotus neglectus major Wagner, 1968
  • Dionconotus neglectus neglectus (Fabricius, 1798)
  • Dionconotus neglectus sellatus Lindberg, 1930

Distribution

This species can mainly be found in France, Italy, Belgium, Bosnia and Croatia.[2]

Description

Dionconotus neglectus can reach a length of about 7 millimetres (0.28 in). Body is usually black with red or yellow hemielytra.

Biology

These bugs are polyphagous, They develop on grasses and herbaceous weeds and migrate to orange trees. Adults can be found from mid-March to mid-May.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Kerzhner I. M.; Josifov M. (1999). "Family Miridae". In Aukema, Berend; Rieger, Christian. Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region. 3, Cimicomorpha II. Amsterdam: Netherlands Entomological Society. pp. 1&ndash, 577, pages&nbsp, 96&nbsp, &amp, &nbsp, 97. ISBN 978-90-71912-19-1.
  2. ↑ Fauna europea
  3. ↑ Alfred George Wheeler Biology of the Plant Bugs (Hemiptera: Miridae): Pests, Predators, Opportunists


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