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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Pentatomomorpha » Lygaeoidea » Heterogastridae » Heterogaster » Heterogaster urticae

Species Heterogaster urticae

Classification · Other Common Names · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Season · Food · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)
Suborder Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Infraorder Pentatomomorpha
Superfamily Lygaeoidea
Family Heterogastridae
Genus Heterogaster
Species urticae (Heterogaster urticae)
Other Common Names
Nettle Ground Bug
Explanation of Names
Heterogaster urticae (Fabricius 1775)
Size
6-7 mm(1)
Range
adventive to sw. BC & so. CA - Map (2)(3), native to w. Palaearctic(4)
Season
adults present all year in the UK(1)
Food
hosts: nettles (Urtica), also reported on roots of Ammophila arenaria (Poaceae)(4)
Remarks
often forms conspicuous aggregations on nettles(1)
earliest record in our area: BC 2010(2)
in BC, may occur together with the native H. behrensii(2)
Internet References
Species page (Bantock & Botting 2010)(1)
Works Cited
1.Bantock T., Botting J. (2010‒) British Bugs, an online identification guide to UK Hemiptera
2.Establishment of the Palearctic Heterogaster urticae (F.) (Hemiptera: Lygaeoidea: Heterogastridae) in North America...
Wheeler A.G., Hoebeke E.R. 2013. Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 115: 189-196.
3.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
4.Heterogaster urticae (Hemiptera: Heterogastridae), a new alien species and family to New Zealand
Scudder G.G.E., Eyles A.C. 2003. The Weta 25: 8-13.
Contributed by Tim Loh on 7 November, 2013 - 5:05pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 15 March, 2025 - 1:26pm

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