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It is found in most of [[Europe]]<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=452529|title=Himacerus (Himacerus) apterus (Fabricius, 1798)|publisher=[[Fauna Europaea]]|version=2.6. |
It is found in most of [[Europe]]<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=452529|title=Himacerus (Himacerus) apterus (Fabricius, 1798)|publisher=[[Fauna Europaea]]|version=2.6.2|date=August 29, 2013|accessdate=October 13, 2013}}</ref> and southern and [[central Asia]].<ref name=tout>{{cite web|url= http://toutunmondedansmonjardin.perso.neuf.fr/EN/pages_EN/himacerus_apterus_EN.htm|title=''Himacerus apterus''|accessdate=June 23, 2013}}</ref> Between 1943 and 1989 the species was found in eastern [[Nova Scotia]].<ref>{{cite journal|author=Marie-Claude Lartvière|title=Himacerus apterus (Fabricius), A Euroasian Nabidae (Hemiptera) New to North America: Diagnosis, Geographical Distribution, and Bionomics|publisher=[[Cambridge University Press|Cambridge Journals]]|work=[[Canadian Entomologist]]|date=August 1992|volume=124|issue=4}}</ref> |
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Himacerus mirmicoides is a species of damsel bugs belonging to the family Nabidae, subfamily Nabinae.
Description
The species is 8–10.5 millimetres (0.31–0.41 in) long for males and 9–11.5 millimetres (0.35–0.45 in) for females.[1] It have black connexivum and orange-red spots with reddish-brown wings.[2] It wingspan is 8–10 millimetres (0.31–0.39 in)
Distribution
It is found in most of Europe[3] and southern and central Asia.[4] Between 1943 and 1989 the species was found in eastern Nova Scotia.[5]
Diet
The species feeds on mites, aphids and other small insects.[2]
Ecology
Adults lay eggs in late summer on plant stems which hatch in spring.[4] Larvae is found from May to August.[2]
References
- ^ "Size by gender". Commanster. Retrieved June 23, 2013.
- ^ a b c "Himacerus apterus". British Bugs. Retrieved June 22, 2013.
- ^ "Himacerus (Himacerus) apterus (Fabricius, 1798)". 2.6.2. Fauna Europaea. August 29, 2013. Retrieved October 13, 2013.
- ^ a b "Himacerus apterus". Retrieved June 23, 2013.
- ^ Marie-Claude Lartvière (August 1992). "Himacerus apterus (Fabricius), A Euroasian Nabidae (Hemiptera) New to North America: Diagnosis, Geographical Distribution, and Bionomics". Canadian Entomologist. 124 (4). Cambridge Journals.
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