Capsus ater

Capsus ater
An adult Capsus ater
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Miridae
Subfamily: Mirinae
Tribe: Mirini
Genus: Capsus
Species:
C. ater
Binomial name
Capsus ater
Synonyms

Capsus flavicollis (Fabricius, 1775)
Capsus nigricornis Hahn, 1826
Capsus nigripes (Strobl, 1900)
Capsus rutilus Stichel, 1930
Capsus semiflavus (Linnaeus, 1767)
Capsus sordens (Gmelin, 1790)
Capsus tyrannus (Fabricius, 1781)
Cimex ater Linnaeus, 1758

Oviposition

Capsus ater is a species of bug in the Miridae family that likely originated in North America, but that is now found in Europe and across the Palearctic to Siberia and in North America.[1][2][3] [4]

Capsus ater is found in dry to moderately moist, open to partially shaded habitats In the Alps it rises to over 2000 meters above sea level. The bugs live on different grasses (Poaceae) and do not seem to have any particular preference for certain species or genera.[5]

  1. ^ Henry, Thomas J.; Froeschner, Richard C., eds. (1988). "Family Miridae". Catalog of the Heteroptera, or True Bugs, of Canada and the Continental United States. New York: E. J. Brill. pp. 300–301. ISBN 0-916846-44-X.
  2. ^ Schuh, R.T. 2002-2013. On-line Systematic Catalog of Plant Bugs (Insecta: Heteroptera: Miridae). [1]
  3. ^ "Capsus ater". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 9 January 2014.
  4. ^ Tadeusz Jaczewski with I.M Kerzhner 1964 Order Hemiptera (Heteroptera). In Bei-Bienko, G. Ya. (ed.), Keys to the insects of the European USSR 1: 655-845 1964.
  5. ^ Ekkehard Wachmann, Albert Melber, Jürgen Deckert: Wanzen. Band 2: Cimicomorpha: Microphysidae (Flechtenwanzen), Miridae (Weichwanzen) (= Die Tierwelt Deutschlands und der angrenzenden Meeresteile nach ihren Merkmalen und nach ihrer Lebensweise. 75. Teil). Goecke & Evers, Keltern 2006, ISBN 3-931374-57-2.