Macrolophus Fieber 1858
- 1. Department of Entomology, Faculty of Biology, St. Petersburg State University, Universitetskaya nab. 7 / 9, St. Petersburg 199034, Russia. f. konstantinov @ spbu. ru; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 7013 - 5686 & Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, 1 Universitetskaya Emb., St Petersburg 199034, Russia.
- 2. All-Russian Research Institute of Plant Protection, Shosse Podbelskogo 3, St. Petersburg-Pushkin, 196608, RUSSIA. neimorovets @ mail. ru; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 7096 - 5447
Description
Macrolophus Fieber, 1858
Macrolophus Fieber, 1858: 326. Type species by monotypy: Capsus nubilus Herrich-Schaeffer, 1835 (= Phytocoris pygmaeus Rambur, 1839).
Macrolophus is a zoophytophagous genus of almost worldwide distribution currently containing 27 species (Schuh, 2002 -2013). Many species of the genus are known as predators of thrips, whiteflies, aphids or mites, and several species, viz. M. pygmaeus, M. melanotoma, and M. costalis are used in biological control (Wheeler 2001; Castañé et al. 2013; Evangelou et al. 2013). When prey is not available, they feed on plant leaves, pollen or nectar (Perdikis and Lykouressis 2000).
Determination to species level requires a large series of specimens and is extremely difficult for most species due to the high variability in morphometric measures and, to a lesser extent, coloration. Identification of teneral, freshly molted specimens as well as specimens stored in alcohol is practically impossible. The shape of parameres and the structure of aedeagus are also very similar between most Macrolophus species (Fig. 9) and could not be used for reliable identification. The fauna of European Russia and Caucasus includes five species of Macrolophus keyed below.
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Family
- Miridae
- Genus
- Macrolophus
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Hemiptera
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Fieber
- Taxon rank
- genus
- Taxonomic concept label
- Macrolophus Fieber, 1858 sec. Konstantinov & Neimorovets, 2021
References
- Fieber, F. X. (1858) Criterien zur generischen Theilung der Phytocoriden (Capsini auct.). Wiener Entomologische Monatschrift, 2, 289 - 327 + 329 - 347 + 388, 1 pl.
- Rambur, J. P. (1839) s. n. In: Faune entomologique de l'Andalousie. Arthur Bertrand, Paris, pp. 97 - 176.
- Schuh, R. T. (2002 - 2013) On-line Systematic Catalog of Plant Bugs (Insecta: Heteroptera: Miridae). Available from: http: // research. amnh. org / pbi / catalog / (accessed 7 December 2020)
- Wheeler, A. G. (2001) Biology of the plant bugs (Hemiptera: Miridae). Pests, predators, opportunists. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, New York, 507 pp.
- Castane, C., Agusti, N., Arno, J., Gabarra, R., Riudavets, J., Comas, J. & Alomar, O. (2013) Taxonomic identification of Macrolophus pygmaeus and Macrolophus melanotoma based on morphometry and molecular markers. Bulletin of Entomological Research, 103 (02), 204 - 215. https: // doi. org / 10.1017 / S 0007485312000545
- Evangelou, V. I., Bouga, M., Emmanouel, N. G., Perdikis, D. C. & Papadoulis, G. T. (2013) Discrimination of two natural biocontrol agents in the Mediterranean region based on mitochondrial DNA sequencing data. Biochemical Genetics, 51 (11 - 12), 825 - 840. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / s 10528 - 013 - 9610 - 0
- Perdikis, D. & Lykouressis, D. (2000) Effects of various items, host plants, and temperatures on the development and survival of Macrolophus pygmaeus Rambur (Hemiptera: Miridae). Biological Control, 17 (1), 55 - 60. https: // doi. org / 10.1006 / bcon. 1999.0774