''Rhopalus subrufus'' is a species of ''scentless plant bugs'' belonging to the family
Rhopalidae
Rhopalidae, or scentless plant bugs, are a family of true bugs. In older literature, the family is sometimes called "Corizidae". They differ from the related coreids in lacking well-developed scent glands. They are usually light-colored and sma ...
, subfamily
Rhopalinae
Rhopalinae is a subfamily of scentless plant bugs in the family Rhopalidae. There are at least 20 genera and more than 170 described species in Rhopalinae.
Genera
These 20 genera belong to the subfamily Rhopalinae:
* ''Agraphopus'' Stål, 1872
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It is found in most of
Europe
Europe is a large peninsula conventionally considered a continent in its own right because of its great physical size and the weight of its history and traditions. Europe is also considered a Continent#Subcontinents, subcontinent of Eurasia ...
, but not Ireland and northern Scandinavia.
Description
The total length of ''R. subrufus'' is about . It can be distinguished for its membranous forewings and the connexivum with dark and light stripes.
It mainly feeds on ''
Hypericum
''Hypericum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Hypericaceae (formerly considered a subfamily of Clusiaceae). The genus has a nearly worldwide distribution, missing only from tropical lowlands, deserts and polar regions. Many ''Hype ...
'' species, but also on many other plants.
References
External links
Biolib
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Hemiptera of Europe
Insects described in 1790
Taxa named by Johann Friedrich Gmelin
Rhopalini