Liorhyssus hyalinus is a species of scentless plant bugs belonging to the family Rhopalidae, subfamily Rhopalinae.
Synonyms
Corizus gracilis Herrich-Schäffer, 1835 Herrich-Schäffer. 1835. Faunae Insectorum Germanicae initia oder Deutschlands Insekten 127:plate 2 and legendLiorhyssus gracilis (Herrich-Schäffer, 1835) Corizus capensis Germar, 1838.Germar. 1838. Revue Entomologique (Silbermann) 5:144 Liorhyssus capensis (Germar, 1838) Rhopalus bengalensis Dallas, 1852 Dallas. 1852. List of the specimens of hemipterous insects in the collection of the British Museum II:528Liorhyssus bengalensis (Dallas, 1852) Merocoris maculiventris Spinola, 1852Spinola. 1852. In Gay. Zoologia. Historia fisica y politica de Chile segun documentos adquiridos en esta republica durante doce años de residencia en ella y publicada bajo los auspicios del supremo gobierno 7:170. Pl. 2.9. Liorhyssus maculiventris (Spinola, 1852) Merocoris microtomus Spinola, 1852Spinola. 1852. In Gay. Zoologia. Historia fisica y politica de Chile segun documentos adquiridos en esta republica durante doce años de residencia en ella y publicada bajo los auspicios del supremo gobierno 7:171Liorhyssus microtomus (Spinola, 1852) Corizus dilatipennis Signoret, 1859 Signoret. 1859. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 3 7:89Liorhyssus dilatipennis (Signoret, 1859) Corizus lugens Signoret, 1859Signoret. 1859. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 3 7:92Liorhyssus lugens (Signoret, 1859) Corizus marginatus Jakovlev, 1871; Liorhyssus marginatus (Jakovlev, 1871) Corizus (Liorhyssus) hyalinus var. nigrinus Puton, 1881 Puton. 1881. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 6 1:117Liorhyssus nigrinus (Puton, 1881) Liorhyssus natalensis var. corallinus Horváth, 1911Horváth. 1911. Bull. Soc. ent. Egypte 3(1910):105 Liorhyssus corallinus (Horváth, 1911) Corizus imperialis Distant, 1918Distant. 1918. In Shipley & G.A.K. Marshall [Ed.]. The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Rhynchota. Vol. 7. (Homoptera: appendix; Heteroptera: addenda) 170Liorhyssus imperialis (Distant, 1918)
Distribution
This species can be found in most of Europe,Fauna europaea in Africa, Australia, Northern Asia, Middle America, North America, Oceania, South America and Southern Asia.ITIS Report
Description Liorhyssus hyalinus can reach a length of . The basic body color varies from yellow-brown to red, but the upperside of the abdomen is mainly dark. This species can be distinguished by the length of the hyaline membrane of the hemelytra, which extends beyond the black upperside of the abdomen. There are two black spots at the extremity of the pronotum. These bugs are rather similar to Rhopalus and Stictopleurus species.British bugs
Biology Adults are present all year around. Like the rest of the Rhopalidae family, this species is a plant feeder. It mainly feeds on Compositae and Erodium species.
Bibliography Dolling W.R., 2004 - Superfamily Coreoidea - Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region Henry, Thomas J., and Richard C. Froeschner, eds. (1988), Catalog of the Heteroptera, or True Bugs, of Canada and the Continental United States
References
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