Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruber (Linnaeus, 1758)

Jerinic-Prodanovic, Dusanka & Protic, Ljiljana, 2013, True bugs (Hemiptera, Heteroptera) as psyllid predators (Hemiptera, Psylloidea), ZooKeys 319, pp. 169-189 : 177

publication ID	https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.319.4316
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scientific name	Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruber (Linnaeus, 1758)
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11) Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruber (Linnaeus, 1758)

Trophic status.

Zoophytophagous.

Distribution.

Holarctic.

Prey.

Cacopsylla pyri , from Pyrus communis , Radmilovac, 10.VII.2006, reared 1♀.

A very polyphagous zoophytophagous species. A Holarctic species occurring in large quantities in the south of Europe.

Already mentioned as a predator of Cacopsylla pyrisuga ( Herard 1986). It also preys on younger caterpillar instars of some butterflies, mites and various other small insects in apple orchards, on Rubus spp. and Urtica spp. as well as on aphids on Corylus spp. ( Herard 1986).

Reported as a predator of Acizzia jamatonica ( Harizanova et al. 2012) in Bulgaria and Cacopsylla pyrisuga in Serbia ( Jerinić-Prodanović et al. 2010).