Stictopleurus crassicornis is a species of scentless plant bugs belonging to the family Rhopalidae, subfamily Rhopalinae.[1][2]
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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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| Stictopleurus crassicornis (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Description
editStictopleurus 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
editAdults can be found from June to September. These bugs feed on various Asteraceae species.[3]
Distribution
editThis 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
References
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