Dicyphus pallidus

Dicyphus pallidus

Description

ant2 >2.1× longer than head width; body length 5.2–5.8mm in macropters, 4.3–5.1mm in brachypters; ant3 > head width across eyes; head, pronotum, ant1+2 largely pale (D. errans tenerals are  ‘dusky’); ant1 marked with red; 
pronotal callosities large – 2x width of collar; hairs on the hind femur all dark (pale in D. constrictus). 

(ref.: B S Nau, unpublished key to Miridae, 2012)

Similar Species

other Dicyphus species

Identification difficulty
Recording advice

Photographs of key ID features required.  Please state the host-plant

Habitat

On Hedge Woundwort and other plants. 

When to see it

Summer. 

Life History

Dicyphus pallidus overwinters in the egg stage, as do most Mirids. This species is assumed to be at least partly predatory. 

UK Status

Not known in England prior to 2009, but is now considered to be widely distributed, at least in southern England. 

VC55 Status

Rarely recorded.

Further Information

Sanchez, J.A. & Cassis, G. (2018) Towards solving the taxonomic impasse of the biocontrol plant bug subgenus Dicyphus (Dicyphus)(Insecta: Heteroptera: Miridae) using molecular, morphometric and morphological partitions. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 184(2), 330-406.

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