Stenodema sp. (Miridae) - a common Mirid bug of damp meadows
Description:
This Mirid bug lives in damp meadows and feeds on gramineous sap. The colour changes upon season: bright yellow to green (early spring, after hibernation), ochre with dark stripes (late spring), brown (fall / autumn).Diese Weichwanze lebt in feuchten Wiesen und saugt an verschiedenen Grsern (Poaceae). Ihre Farbe ndert sich im Jahresverlauf von grn (nach der berwinterung) ber ocker mit dunklen Streifen (Sommer) bis braun (im Herbst).Arten der Gattung Notostira sind teils sehr hnlich (z. B. Notostira elongata GEOFFROY, 1785 - ihnen fehlen jedoch die deutlichen Punktgruben auf dem Schildchen.Phylum: Arthropoda LATREILLE, 1829 (arthropods, Gliederfer)Subphylum: HexapodaClass: Insecta (insects, Insekten)Subclass: Pterygota (Fluginsekten)Infraclass: Neoptera MARTYNOV, 1923Order: Hemiptera LINNAEUS, 1758 (true bugs, Schnabelkerfe)Suborder: Heteroptera LINNAEUS, 1758 (real bugs, Wanzen)Infraorder: Cimicomomorpha LESTON, PENDERGRAST & SOUTHWOOD, 1954Superfamily: Miroidea HAHN, 1833Family: Miridae HAHN, 1833 (mirid bugs or plant bugs, Weichwanzen)Subfamily: Mirinae HAHN, 1831Tribus: Stenodemini CHINA, 1943Genus: Stenodema LAPORTE, 1833Stenodema laevigata LINNAEUS, 1758 (Graswanze)some info (German): www.insektenbox.de/wanzen/stenla.htm more info (German): www.natur-in-nrw.de/HTML/Tiere/Insekten/Wanzen/TWA-223.htmlGermany, Brandenburg (Flming): vic. Rabenstein, 21.04.2013IMG_3129
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