Acetropis carinata
Creators: name: Taszakowski, Artur
name: Gierlasiński, Grzegorz
name: Bielsko-B
name: Herrich-S
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Miridae
Acetropis
Acetropis carinata

description: Acetropis carinata (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1841)
Morp holo gy. There is a distinct sexual dimorphism in the species (Fig. 1A, D). The male colouration is gray or almost black, vertex has two oblong spots, the middle line of scutellum, exocorium, cuneus and veins of corium are yellow. Legs are yellow-gray, tarsi and antennae are black. Female colouration is whitish or brownish-yellow. Head has three, pronotum and scutellum two oblong brown stripes. First and base of second antennae segment yellowish, the remaining segments black. Carinae of forewings with brown lines. Female most commonly pseudobrachypterous. Carina of pronotum is distinct in both sexes (Fig. 12A).
Body length. The literature (Wagner 1952, 1970, Wagner & Weber 1964) gives the following sizes: male: 6.4–6.9 mm, female: 6.0–7.0 mm (macropterous form) or 5.6–5.9 mm (pseudobrachypterous form). However some of the examined males were a little bigger – up to 7.1 mm.
Biology. Specimens of this species lives on grasses, prefer dry places, but can be found also in wetter habitats. Adults are found from June to the end of July; it overwinters as an egg, and has one generation per year (Wachmann et al. 2004).
D i s t r i b u t i o n (according to Kerzhner & Josifov 1999, Aukema et al. 2013; Fig. 2).
Europe: Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Kazakhstan (European part), Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Moldova, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Russia (Central European Territory, South European Territory), Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine. North Africa: Algeria, Tunisia (?).
Asia: Azerbaijan, Armenia, Kazakhstan (Asian part), Turkey (Asian part).
Occurrence in Poland (Fig. 3).
Literature data:
Eastern Beskidy: Przemyśl [FA21] – Smreczyński 1908, Gorczyca & Wolski 2011.
Mazowiecka Lowland: Dziekanów Leśny [DC99] – Bilewicz-Pawińska 1965, Gorczyca & Wolski 2011.
Sandomierska Lowland: Kłaj [DA53] – Stobiecki 1915, Smreczyński 1954, Gorczyca & Wolski 2011.
Wielkopolsko–Kujawska Lowland: Bydgoszcz [BD99] – Szulczewski 1913, Gorczyca & Wolski 2011; Czarnowska Górka [VU82] – Hebda & Rutkowski 2015; Duninów [CD92] – Strawiński 1965, Gorczyca & Wolski 2011; Gorzewo [XU64] – Schumacher 1913, Gorczyca & Wolski 2011; Puszcza Zielonka [XU42] – Skórka 1994, Gorczyca & Wolski 2011; Turew [XT27] – Trojan 1989.
Baltic Coast: Gdańsk [CF42] – Stichel 1960, Gorczyca & Wolski 2011; Słowiński National Park [XA46] – Korcz 2003, Gorczyca & Wolski 2011; Świnoujście [VV 57] – Wagner 1941, Gorczyca & Wolski 2011.
Podlasie Lowland: Dolistowo [FE33] – Herczek 1982, Gorczyca & Wolski 2011; Kramówka Mała [FE12] – Lis et al. 1995, Gorczyca & Wolski 2011; Osowiec [FE02] – Lis et al. 1995, Gorczyca & Wolski 2011.
Mazurian Lake District: Olsztyn [DE65] – Stichel 1960, Gorczyca & Wolski 2011; Pisz [EE54] – Stichel 1960, Gorczyca & Wolski 2011; Świętajno [EE88] – Strawiński 1957, Piasecka 1960, Gorczyca & Wolski 2011.
Pomeranian Lake District: Gwda Wielka [XV15] – Burdajewicz & Nowacka 1995, Gorczyca & Wolski 2011; Kalisz Pomorski [WV60] – Herczek & Nakonieczny 1987, Gorczyca & Wolski 2011; Recz [WV30] – Karl 1935, Gorczyca & Wolski 2011; Bielinek nad Odrą reserve [VU46] – Engel & Hedicke 1934, Engel 1938, Gorczyca & Wolski 2011.
Roztocze Upland: Tartaczna Góra reserve [FB30] – Strawiński 1966, Gorczyca & Wolski 2011; Ulów [FA69] – Tenenbaum 1921, Gorczyca & Wolski 2011; Wieprzec [FB51] – Cmoluchowa & Lechowski 1994, Lechowski & Cmoluchowa 1996, Gorczyca & Wolski 2011.
Eastern Sudetes Mts: Łąka Prudnicka [XR77] – Hebda & Lis 2007, Gorczyca & Wolski 2011; Trzebinia [XR87] – Hebda & Lis 2007, Gorczyca & Wolski 2011.
Lower Silesia: Gogolin [BA89] – Hebda 2006, Gorczyca & Wolski 2011; Kamień Śląski [BB90] – Hebda 2006, Gorczyca & Wolski 2011; Legnica [WS87] – Scholz 1931, Polentz 1944, Gorczyca & Wolski 2011; Wrocław [XS46] – Polentz 1944, Gorczyca & Wolski 2011.
Upper Silesia: Bieruń [CA64] – Gorczyca & Wolski 2011; Bytom [CA58] – Lis 1989, Lis & Lis 1998, Gorczyca & Wolski 2011; Piekary Śląskie, Kocie Górki reserve [CA58] – Bugaj-Nawrocka & Gorczyca 2013; Tarnowskie Góry [CA49] – Lis 1989, Lis & Lis 1998, Gorczyca & Wolski 2011.
Krakowsko–Wieluńska Upland: Czerna [DA05] – Smreczyński 1906, Gorczyca & Wolski 2011; Kraków [DA24] – Stobiecki 1915, Strawiński 1936, Smreczyński 1954, Gorczyca & Wolski 2011; Kraków, Pychowice [DA14] – Smreczyński 1954, Gorczyca & Wolski 2011. Ojcowski National Park [DA16] – Chłond & Gorczyca 2009, Gorczyca & Wolski 2011; Olsztyn [CB72] – Gorczyca 1994, Gorczyca & Wolski 2011.
Lubelska Upland: Gołąb [EC60] – Cmoluchowa 1971, Gorczyca & Wolski 2011; Janów Lubelski [EB91] – Piasecka 1960, Gorczyca & Wolski 2011; Kazimierz Dolny [EB68] – Cmoluchowa 1964, Gorczyca & Wolski 2011, Krężnica Jara [FB06] – Cmoluchowa 1971, Gorczyca & Wolski 2011; Lublin, botanical garden [FB08] – Cmoluchowa 1960, Gorczyca & Wolski 2011; Opoka [EB63] – Cmoluchowa 1971, Gorczyca & Wolski 2011; Sawin [FB68] – Cmoluchowa & Lechowski 1992; Gorczyca & Wolski 2011; Wrotków [FB07] – Buczek 1956, Gorczyca & Wolski 2011; Wólka Profecka [EB69] – Strawiński 1963, Zaklików [EB72] – Cmoluchowa 1971, Gorczyca & Wolski 2011; Zemborzyce [FB07] – Buczek 1956, Gorczyca & Wolski 2011.
Małopolska Upland: Pińczów [DA69] – Herczek 1987, Gorczyca & Wolski 2011, Miedzianka reserve [DB53] – Walczyk 2009.
Poland (generally): Stichel 1933, 1956, Cmoluchowa & Mielewczyk 1990, Kerzhner & Josifov 1999, Gorczyca 2004, Gorczyca & Wolski 2011.
Pomerania: Stichel 1933, Gorczyca & Wolski 2011.
Prussia: Brischke 1871, Stichel 1933, Gorczyca & Wolski 2011.
Silesia: Scholz 1931, Stichel 1933, Gorczyca & Wolski 2011.
New records:
Upper Silesia: Ruda Śląska [CA46] 3 Jun 2000, 1 ex., 6 Jun 2000, 4 exx., leg. & det. A. Kołodziej; Miasteczko Śląskie [CA59] 28 Jun 1986, 2 exx., 8 Jul 1986, 2 exx., leg & det. J. Lis; Mysłowice [CA66] 2 Jul 1985, 7 exx., leg. & det. B. Bojda; Imielin [CA75] 11 Jun 2017, 6 exx., leg. & det. A. Taszakowski; Mitręga [CA88] 5 Jun 2001, 1 ex., leg. & det. I. Romik; Lubliniec (Kokotek) [CB30] 12 Jul 1994, 2 exx., leg. & det. M. Miszok.
Małopolska Upland: Skorocice [DA78] 14 Jun 2005, 1 ex., leg. & det. P. Bętka.
Pomerania Lake District: Borne Sulinowo [XV03] 4 Jul 1997, 1 ex., leg. & det. E. Pilarska.
description: Published as part of Taszakowski, Artur, Gierlasiński, Grzegorz, Bielsko-B & Herrich-S, 2017, Notes on the occurrence of Acetropis Fieber, 1858 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae) in Poland, with a key to Polish species, pp. 83-99 in Fragmenta Faunistica 60 on pages 85-87, DOI: 10.3161/00159301FF2017.60.083, http://zenodo.org/record/6252076