''Orthops basalis'' is a species of plant bug belonging to the family

Miridae The Miridae are a large and diverse insect family at one time known by the taxonomic synonym Capsidae. Species in the family may be referred to as capsid bugs or "mirid bugs". Common names include plant bugs, leaf bugs, and grass bugs. It is th ...

, subfamily

Mirinae Mirinae is a subfamily of plant bugs, insects in the family Miridae. Tribes * Herdoniini * Hyalopeplini * Mecistoscelini * Mirini * Restheniini * Scutelliferini * Stenodemini Stenodemini is a tribe of plant bugs in the family Miridae. ...

that can be found everywhere in

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except for

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and

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. then east across the

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and

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Description

It is long and is elongated with males often having three pale spots on the scutellum.

Biology

''Orthops basalis'' lives on various

Apiaceae Apiaceae or Umbelliferae is a family of mostly aromatic flowering plants named after the type genus '' Apium'' and commonly known as the celery, carrot or parsley family, or simply as umbellifers. It is the 16th-largest family of flowering plant ...

and have no specialization in certain genera. Both the nymphs and the adult bugs are often on the flowers, especially on the stems directly below the flowers. There they suck on the immature reproductive organs. Ekkehard Wachmann, Albert Melber, Jürgen Deckert: Wanzen. Band 2: ''Cimicomorpha: Microphysidae (Flechtenwanzen), Miridae (Weichwanzen)'' (= ''Die Tierwelt Deutschlands und der angrenzenden Meeresteile nach ihren Merkmalen und nach ihrer Lebensweise''. 75. Teil). Goecke & Evers, Keltern 2006, , S. 96.

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''Orthops basalis''
Insects described in 1853 Hemiptera of Europe Mirini Taxa named by Achille Costa {{Miridae-stub