Macrotylus quadrilineatus

Macrotylus quadrilineatus
Adult of Macrotylus quadrilineatus among sticky hairs of Salvia glutinosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Heteroptera
Family:	Miridae
Genus:	Macrotylus
Species:	M. quadrilineatus
Binomial name
Macrotylus quadrilineatus (Schrank, 1785)

Macrotylus quadrilineatus is a species of plant bug belonging to the family Miridae, subfamily Phylinae. ^{[1] [2]}

Ecology

Nymph

The main host plant is Jupiter's Distaff ( Salvia glutinosa , Lamiaceae). ^[3] This plant bug feeds on the juices of the plant and on small insects entrapped on the sticky salvia. ^[4]

Distribution

It is mainly found in Austria, Italy, Germany, France, Romania, Switzerland, Slovenia, Poland and former Yugoslavia. ^[5]

Description

Macrotylus quadrilineatus can reach a length of about 5 millimetres (0.20 in). ^[6] The body and legs color is black, with four white lines (hence the species name).

References

1. Biolib
2. Kerzhner I. M.; Josifov M. (1999). "Family Miridae". In Aukema, Berend; Rieger, Christian (eds.). Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region. Vol. 3, Cimicomorpha II. Amsterdam: Netherlands Entomological Society. pp. 1–577, page 365. ISBN   978-90-71912-19-1.
3. Schuh, R.T. 2008. On-line Systematic Catalog of Plant Bugs (Insecta: Heteroptera: Miridae). Discoverlife
4. Alfred George Wheeler - Biology of the plant bugs (Hemiptera: Miridae): pests, predators, opportunists Plants bugs
5. Fauna Europaea
6. Armand MATOCQ Description de Macrotylus (Macrotylus) ehannoi n. sp. Du Liban, suivie d'une cle de determination des Macrotylus de couleur noire (Heteroptera, Miridae)

External links

• Eol.org