Corizus hyoscyami

Corizus hyoscyami
Corizus hyoscyami
Corizus hyoscyami hyoscyami
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Family: Rhopalidae
Subfamily: Rhopalinae
Genus: Corizus
Species: C. hyoscyami
Binomial name
Corizus hyoscyami
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Subspecies
  • Corizus hyoscyami hyoscyami (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Corizus hyoscyami nigridorsum (Puton, 1874)

Corizus hyoscyami is a species of scentless plant bugs belonging to the family Rhopalidae, subfamily Rhopalinae.

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Description

Corizus hyoscyami subs. nigridorsum
Lateral view

Size is about 9 millimetres (0.35 in) long. It is a plant feeder. This species, as all scentless plant bugs, lack well-developed scent glands and can be distinguished by numerous veins in the membrane of the hemelytra, characteristic of all Rhopalidae family.

In Corizus hyoscyami subs. hyoscyami the abdominal tergites 3rd and 4th are red, while in Corizus hyoscyami subs. nigridorsum they are completely black. The dorsum colors are visible in elitrale transparency under the membrane.

Distribution

C. hyoscyami subs. hyoscyami is found in most of Europe. Corizus hyoscyami subs. nigridorsum is present in Spain, Italy, Morocco and Tunisia.

References

  • Dolling W. R., 2004 - Superfamily Coreoidea - Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region

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