Psallus pardalis
Psallus pardalis
A rounded bug associated with Turkey Oak. Pale head and pronotum, pale or light orange clavus and often darker orange corium, pale orange cuneus with pale base - all covered with orange spots.
Other Psallus.
Dissection of male genitalia needed, plus photo of specimen. You must note the tree species from which it was collected
Turkey Oak
A recent coloniser of the UK
Rare. Only two speciemns found, on two sites, during sampling of Turkey Oaks in June 2025
for a full description, see Wyniger, D. (2004) Taxonomy and phylogeny of the Central European bug genus Psallus (Hemiptera, Miridae) and faunistics of the terrestrial Heteroptera of Basel and surroundings (Hemiptera) https://edoc.unibas.ch/entities/publication/2b6dd4a4-0c76-4ddb-be08-35b86004ef09
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