Piesma maculatum

Piesma maculatum is a true bug found from North Africa to southern parts of Scandinavia and the South of the British Isles then across the Palearctic to the Black Sea region to Central Asia, China and Japan. In Central Europe it is widespread and generally the most common species of the family Piesmatidae.

Piesma maculatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Hemiptera
Suborder:
Heteroptera
Family:
Piesmatidae
Genus:
Piesma
Species:
P. maculatum
Binomial name
Piesma maculatum
(Laporte, 1833)[1]

Piesma maculatum feeds on (Chenopodiaceae) , especially Atriplex and Chenopodium.Macropterous individuals fly considerable distances to suitable overwintering sites where they live in dry ground litter, wood piles, or under loose bark. The animals fly in spring in the search for food plants and are sometimes found in completely atypical habitats, such as raised bogs. The development is just as in Piesma capitatum: mating and egg-laying takes place in April and May, June and adult animals of this generation reproduce again (completely) in the Autumn.

References
  • Ekkehard Wachmann, Albert Melber, Jürgen Deckert: Wanzen. Band 3: Pentatomomorpha I: Aradoidea (Rindenwanzen), Lygaeoidea (Bodenwanzen u. a.), Pyrrhocoroidea (Feuerwanzen) und Coreoidea (Randwanzen u. a.). (= Die Tierwelt Deutschlands und der angrenzenden Meeresteile nach ihren Merkmalen und nach ihrer Lebensweise. 78. Teil). Goecke & Evers, Keltern 2007, ISBN 978-3-937783-29-1.


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