Stictopleurus crassicornis
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Family: | Rhopalidae |
| Genus: | Stictopleurus |
| Species: | S. crassicornis
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| Binomial name | |
| Stictopleurus crassicornis (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Stictopleurus crassicornis is a species of scentless plant bugs belonging to the family Rhopalidae, subfamily Rhopalinae.[1][2]
Description[edit]
Stictopleurus crassicornis can reach a length of 6.7–8.2 millimetres (0.26–0.32 in).[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[edit]
Adults can be found from June to September. These bugs feed on various Asteraceae species.[3]
Distribution[edit]
This species is widespread in most of Europe and in Northern Asia (excluding China).[5][6] The preferred habitats are meadows.[3]
Bibliography[edit]
- 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
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