Psallus perrisi
4 mm long. Dark brown-black, males are darker than females. The upper surface is covered with golden hairs and the femora are dark. Species level identification of Psallus based on external features is difficult and frequently impossible, especially for females. Noting the host plant may narrow down the range of possibilities.
Other Psallus spp., particularly Psallus wagneri.
This species cannot be separated from Psallus wagneri (which also occurs on oak) without dissection of the male genitalia. The male aedaegus has a short, broad sub-apical process (c.f. the longer, broadly curved sub-apical process of P. wagneri).
On Oak.
Spring-Summer
common (British Heteroptera checklist (2021) - https://www.britishbugs.org.uk/systematic_het.html
Rarely recorded in Leicestershire and Rutland.
AJ Cann
Croft Glebe
02 June 2023
AJ Cann
Croft Glebe
02 June 2023
aedeagus
AJ Cann
Croft Glebe
02 June 2023
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Species profile
- Species group:
- insect - true bug (Hemiptera)
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Hemiptera
- Family:
- Miridae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 5
- First record:
- 02/06/2023 (Cann, Alan)
- Last record:
- 08/06/2025 (Timms, Sue)
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