Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) ➔ Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods) ➔ Class Insecta (Insects) ➔ Order Hemiptera (Hemipterans) ➔ Family Alydidae (Ant bugs or broad-headed bugs )
Nemausus sordidatus (Stål, 1858)
Synonyms and other combinations:
Hypselopus sordidatus Stål, 1858 | Hypselopus tripunctatus Dallas, 1852 | Nemausus simplex Horvath, 1911 |
ES, Fuerteventura, Costa Calma
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Classification:
Nemausus sordidatus belongs to the subfamily Alydinae.Distribution and habitat:
Nemausus sordidatus is a species with an eremic (mainly in desert and steppe zones) circummediterranean distribution, extending eastwards to India and southwards to tropical Africa. The species can be found in the Canary Islands and in Europe in Portugal and Spain.Description:
Length 11 - 12 mm; species with fully developed wings; body with reddish brown basic colouring; antennae with 4 segments; hind femora without white rings; hind tibiae straight, with 5 spines on the distal half pointing inwards.Biology:
Larvae of Nemausus sordidatus were found on sweet thorn Vachellia karroo (synonym: Acacia karroo) from southern Africa.References, further reading, links:
- CoreoideaSF Team (2017). CoreoideaSF: Coreoidea Species File (version 5.0, Dec 2016). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2017 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds.). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2017. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-884X.
- Luis Vivas, André Burgers: Las especies españolas de Alydidae y nuevos datos sobre Heegeria tangirica
(Saunders, 1877) en la Península Ibérica (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Coreoidea: Alydidae)
The Spanish Alydidae species and new data on Heegeria tangirica (Saunders, 1877) on the Iberian Peninsula (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Coreoidea: Alydidae), BVnPC, 4 (54): 64-82 (2015).