Drymus brunneus
| Drymus brunneus | |
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| Drymus brunneus depicted in Edward Saunders Hemiptera Heteroptera of the British Islands (figure 6) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Family: | Lygaeidae |
| Genus: | Drymus |
| Species: | D. brunneus |
| Binomial name | |
| Drymus brunneus (R. F Sahlberg, 1848) | |
Drymus brunneus is a species in the family Lygaeidae. It is found in the Palearctic.in the West Palearctic it is lacking only in the far north of Northern and Eastern Europe. In the East, the species ranges to the Caucasus and Siberia.[1]
In the Alps it is found up to 1300 meters above sea level.Habitats include shady deciduous and coniferous forests, lowland forests and occasionally more open habitats such as bogs and wet meadows. They are found also on banks by standing and flowing waters. In winter, flooding their habitat seems to be no problem.
Drymus brunneus lives hidden in damp, soil litter with fungus and moss. They suck at seeds of various herbaceous plants and trees, such as Birch (Betula) and Alder (Alnus). At favourable temperatures, the adults are active even in winter. Usually a generation per year occurs in Central Europe. The development cycle is seasonal, but not uniformly, so that the egg-laying takes place at different times in different parts of the range. Overwintering is done accordingly both as imago and egg.[2]
References
- ↑ Fauna Europaea as Drymus (Sylvadrymus) brunneus
- ↑ Ekkehard Wachmann, Albert Melber, Jürgen Deckert: Wanzen. Band 3: Pentatomomorpha I: Aradoidea (Rindenwanzen), Lygaeoidea (Bodenwanzen u. a.), Pyrrhocoroidea (Feuerwanzen) und Coreoidea (Randwanzen u. a.). (= Die Tierwelt Deutschlands und der angrenzenden Meeresteile nach ihren Merkmalen und nach ihrer Lebensweise. 78. Teil). Goecke & Evers, Keltern 2007, ISBN 978-3-937783-29-1.
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