''Globiceps fulvicollis'' is a species of plant-feeding insect of the family

Miridae The Miridae are a large and diverse insect family at one time known by the taxonomic synonym Capsidae. Species in the family may be referred to as capsid bugs or "mirid bugs". Common names include plant bugs, leaf bugs, and grass bugs. It is the ...

Distribution and habitat

This species is present in most European countries and the northern Mediterranean to Central Asia These bugs mainly live in hedge rows, open areas, dune slacks and damp heaths.

Description

''Globiceps fulvicollis'' can reach a length of in males, of in females.Commanster
/ref> These bugs are mainly black, with pale yellow wide markings. Females have a relatively wide head and very reduced wings (

brachyptery Brachyptery is an anatomical condition in which an animal has very reduced wings. Such animals or their wings may be described as "brachypterous". Another descriptor for very small wings is microptery. Brachypterous wings generally are not functi ...

), with hemelytra non covering the apex of the abdomen.British Bugs
/ref> This species is very similar to ''

Dryophilocoris flavoquadrimaculatus ''Dryophilocoris'' is a genus of true bugs belonging to the family Miridae The Miridae are a large and diverse insect family at one time known by the taxonomic synonym Capsidae. Species in the family may be referred to as capsid bugs or "miri ...

''.

Biology

Adults can be found from June to September, depending on the location. These polyphagous insects mainly feed on juices or nectar of '' Cytisus scoparius'', ''

Vaccinium myrtillus ''Vaccinium myrtillus'' or European blueberry is a holarctic species of shrub with edible fruit of blue color, known by the common names bilberry, blaeberry, wimberry, and whortleberry. It is more precisely called common bilberry or blue whortle ...

'', ''

Calluna vulgaris ''Calluna vulgaris'', common heather, ling, or simply heather, is the sole species in the genus ''Calluna'' in the flowering plant family Ericaceae. It is a low-growing evergreen shrub growing to tall, or rarely to and taller, and is found wid ...

'' and '' Tanacetum vulgare''.

References

Miridae Insects described in 1877 Taxa named by Vasily Evgrafovich Yakovlev Hemiptera of Europe {{Miridae-stub