''Spathocera lobata'' is a species of squashbug in the family
Coreidae, tribe
Coreini.
Distribution
This species is present in most of Europe (
Albania,
Austria,
Bosnia and Herzegovina,
Bulgaria,
Croatia,
Czech Republic,
France,
Greece,
Hungary,
Italy,
North Macedonia,
Republic of Moldova,
European Russia
European Russia (russian: Европейская Россия, russian: европейская часть России, label=none) is the western and most populated part of Russia. It is geographically situated in Europe, as opposed to the cou ...
,
Portugal,
Romania,
Slovakia,
Slovenia,
Spain,
Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
,
Ukraine and
Yugoslavia), in the
Near East
The ''Near East''; he, המזרח הקרוב; arc, ܕܢܚܐ ܩܪܒ; fa, خاور نزدیک, Xāvar-e nazdik; tr, Yakın Doğu is a geographical term which roughly encompasses a transcontinental region in Western Asia, that was once the hist ...
(including
Cyprus,),
Transcaucasia,
Central Asia and
Russia (East
Siberia).
Description
''Spathocera lobata'' can reach a body length of about .
[Ukrainian Biodiversity Information Network]
/ref> These squashbugs are characterised by a rather long (much longer than wide), pale-sided pronotum. On the front of the pronotum there are six spines arranged in two transverse rows. The submedian carinae of the pronotum does not reach its base. The scutellum shows a black marking. The antennae are composed of three segments with a dilated black apex. The first segment of antennae is shorter than second.
Biology
This species may have two generations per year ( bivoltine). Adults can be found from April to mid June and from mid July to September. They mainly feed on Sheep's Sorrel (''Rumex acetosella
''Rumex acetosella'', commonly known as red sorrel, sheep's sorrel, field sorrel and sour weed, is a species of flowering plant in the buckwheat family Polygonaceae. Native to Eurasia and the British Isles, the plant and its subspecies are commo ...
'') and Russian dock (''Rumex confertus
''Rumex confertus'' (Russian dock) is a flowering plant species in the family Polygonaceae
The Polygonaceae are a family of flowering plants known informally as the knotweed family or smartweed—buckwheat family in the United States. The name ...
''), but also on '' Salvia'' species and '' Thymus'' species. [ Hassan Ghahari, Pierre Moulet, Rauno E Linnavuori, Hadi Ostova]
An Annotated Catalog of the Iranian Coreidae, Rhopalidae, and Stenocephalidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomomorpha: Coreoidea)
in Zootaxa 3519(3519):1-31
References
*Norbiato M., Dioli P. & Cianferoni F. - Annotated checklist of the Hemiptera Heteroptera of the Site of Community Importance and Special Area of Conservation “Alpi Marittime” (NW Italy), in Zoosystema 41 (15): 269-31
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Coreini