Pinthaeus sanguinipes

Pinthaeus sanguinipes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Heteroptera
Family:	Pentatomidae
Subfamily:	Asopinae
Genus:	Pinthaeus
Species:	P. sanguinipes
Binomial name
	Pinthaeus sanguinipes; (Fabricius, 1781)

Pinthaeus sanguinipes is a species of stink bug (family Pentatomidae).^[1]

Description edit

Pinthaeus sanguinipes can reach a length of 13–17 millimetres (0.51–0.67 in). These stink bugs overwinter as adults, females lay their eggs in May and the adults are present from August. Adults of these red-legged bugs prey on other insect and they mainly feed on the larvae of beetles, sawflies and butterflies, especially on the larvae of the lymantriid Dasychira pudibunda.

Distribution edit

This species is present in most of Europe.

Habitat edit

This quite rare stink bug prefers the edges of the forest of deciduous trees and can be usually be found on the foliage of trees and shrubs.

References edit

^ De Clercq, Patrick (2008). "Predatory Stink Bugs (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae, Asopinae)". In Capinera, John L. (ed.). Encyclopedia of Entomology. Springer Science+Business Media B.V. pp. 3042–3045. doi:10.1007/978-1-4020-6359-6_3115.

QING ZHAO, DÁVID RÉDEI, WENJUN BU A revision of the genus Pinthaeus (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae)

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[1] De Clercq, Patrick (2008). "Predatory Stink Bugs (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae, Asopinae)". In Capinera, John L. (ed.). Encyclopedia of Entomology. Springer Science+Business Media B.V. pp. 3042–3045. doi:10.1007/978-1-4020-6359-6_3115.

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