Psallus pardalis

Psallus pardalis

Description

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.

Similar Species

Other Psallus.  

Identification difficulty
Recording advice

Dissection of male genitalia needed, plus photo of specimen.  You must note the tree species from which it was collected

Habitat

Turkey Oak

UK Status

A recent coloniser of the UK

VC55 Status

Rare.  Only two speciemns found, on two sites, during sampling of Turkey Oaks in June 2025

Further Information

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

Leicestershire & Rutland Map

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Coloured circles = NatureSpot records: 2025+ | 2020-2024 | pre-2020

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