Acalypta marginata

Acalypta marginata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Heteroptera
Family:	Tingidae
Genus:	Acalypta
Species:	A. marginata
Binomial name
Acalypta marginata (Wolff, 1804)
Synonyms
Acanthia marginata Wolff, 1804

Acalypta marginata is a species of lace bug in the family Tingidae. It is found throughout the Palearctic and in three eastern Asian countries: Japan, Korea and Mongolia. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

It was originally described in 1804 by Johann Friedrich Wolff. ^[5]

Acalypta marginata seems to prefer drier habitats but has been recorded from a diverse range of habitat types including humid treeless communities, dry grasslands, humid/riverine woodlands and dry forests. ^[6]

Gallery

Different views of Acalypta marginata

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  Dorsal habitus image of a brachypterous male Acalypta marginata (scale bar 1.0mm).
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  Lateral habitus image of a brachypterous male Acalypta marginata (scale bar 1.0mm).
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  Close-up of the rostrum of Acalypta marginata (scale bar 0.2mm).

References

1. Péricart, J.; Golub, V. B. (1996). Aukema, Berend; Rieger, Christian (eds.). Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region, Vol. 2: Cimicomorpha I. The Netherlands Entomological Society. ISBN   978-90-71912-15-3.
2. Souma, Jun (2021). "New record of the lace bug species Acalypta marginata (Wolff) (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Tingidae) from Japan". Biodiversity Data Journal. 9 e62868. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.9.e62868 . ISSN   1314-2828. PMC   7933090 . PMID   33688298.
3. Cho, Geonho; Kim, Wongun; Kwon, Young Sam; Lee, Seunghwan (2020). "Check list of lace bugs (Hemiptera: Tingidae) of Korea". Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology. 23 (3): 736–745. doi:10.1016/j.aspen.2020.04.005. ISSN   1226-8615.
4. Golub, V.B. (1982). "New data on the fauna of the lacebugs (Heteroptera, Tingidae) of the Mongolian People's Republic". Nasekomye Mongolii (8): 200–2019.
5. Wolff, J.F. (1804). Icones Cimicum descriptionibus illustratae. Fasc. 4. Apvd Ioannem Iacobvm Palm, Erlangae. doi:10.3931/e-rara-50457.
6. Rédei, David; Harmat, B.; Hufnagel, L. (2004). "ECOLOGY OF THE ACALYPTA SPECIES OCCURRING IN HUNGARY (INSECTA: HETEROPTERA: TINGIDAE) DATA TO THE KNOWLEDGE ON THE GROUND-LIVING HETEROPTERA OF HUNGARY, No 3" (PDF). Applied Ecology and Environmental Research. 2 (2): 73–90. doi:10.15666/aeer/03073090. ISSN   1589-1623.