Thread subject: Diptera.info :: ID please
Posted by Brian Flint on 10-10-2009 20:23
#1
In my garden. This insect is about 5mm long.
Cambridgeshire UK - October
Posted by Juergen Peters on 10-10-2009 21:42
#2
Hi, Brian!
Kleidocerys cf. resedae, a ground bug (Hemiptera, Lygaeidae).
Posted by lagura on 11-10-2009 01:29
#3
Without the cf.
This is indeed the Birch Catkin Bug
K. resedae.
Posted by Juergen Peters on 11-10-2009 02:21
#4
Hi, Lars!
lagura wrote:
Without the cf.
This is indeed the Birch Catkin Bug K. resedae.
I don't know about Britain, but here in central europe there is a much rarer, but morphologically not distinguishable species,
K. privignus, which prefers breeding on
Alnus glutinosa instead of
Betula. Therefore I did write the 'cf.'. The taxonomic status of this species is not acknowledged by all entomologists however, if I remember correctly.
Posted by lagura on 11-10-2009 13:36
#5
Hi Juergen,
I had not heard of
K. privignus before (only
K. resedae and the rarer
K. ericae). In this case I agree it's perhaps wise to leave the cf. in.
I don't know about Britain either, but on the British Bugs site only
K. resedae and
K. ericae are listed.
Posted by Brian Flint on 11-10-2009 16:10
#6
Interesting. Thanks for your reply.
Brian