Published March 31, 2021 | Version v1
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Taphropeltus contractus

Description

Taphropeltus contractus (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1835)

MATERIAL. 1 ex., Brest Region, Kobrin District, Peski Village, park, Molochewszczina Valley, in rotten stump of Carpinus betulus. S. V. Saluk leg.

NOTES. One of six Palearctic species of the genus [Aukema, Rieger, 2001], the only species known in Belarus. Recorded for Belarus for the first time.

Plant-eating polyphage inhabiting soil surface, leaf litter, moss cover, suck on various plant seeds. Overwintering stage imago [Pericart, 1998b].

DISTRIBUTION. Europe: Albania, Andorra, Austria,! Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Ireland, Italy,? Hungary, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, North Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Montenegro, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia (South European part), Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, The Netherlands, Turkey, Ukraine, Sweden, Switzerland. North Africa: Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia. Asia: Azerbaijan, Turkey [Aukema, Riger, 2001].

Notes

Published as part of Lukashuk, A. O. & Saluk, S. V., 2021, New and rare for the Belarusian fauna True Bug species (Insecta: Hemiptera: Heteroptera) from the parks of Brest Region, pp. 16-19 in Russian Entomological Journal 30 (1) on page 18, DOI: 10.15298/rusentj.30.1.03, http://zenodo.org/record/10920037

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
V
Family
Rhyparochromidae
Genus
Taphropeltus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Hemiptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Herrich-Schaeffer
Species
contractus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Taphropeltus contractus (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1835) sec. Lukashuk & Saluk, 2021

References

  • Aukema B., Rieger Ch. 2001. Catalogue of Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region. Vol. 4. Netherlands Entomological Society. 346 pp.
  • Pericart J. 1998 b. Hemipteres Lygaeidae euro-mediterraneens. Vol. 2 // Faune de France. Vol. 84 B. 456 pp.