Psallus helenae
A small bug associated with Turkey Oak. Males have yellow-orange head, yellow-orange pronotum often with brown spots; brown-orange corium darkening to brown towards cuneus, and orange cuneus with pale base.
Other Psallus.
Dissection of male genitalia needed, plus photo of specimen. You must note the tree species from which it was collected
Turkey Oak
A recent coloniser of the UK (2014)
rare - but possibly under-recorded. Not present on all Turkey Oaks sampled in June 2025
for a full description, see Wyniger, D. (2004) Taxonomy and phylogeny of the Central European bug genus Psallus (Hemiptera, Miridae) and faunistics of the terrestrial Heteroptera of Basel and surroundings (Hemiptera) https://edoc.unibas.ch/entities/publication/2b6dd4a4-0c76-4ddb-be08-35b86004ef09
See Het News Spring 2015 https://www.britishbugs.org.uk/HetNews/HetNews22_Spring2015.pdf
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Species profile
- Species group:
- insect - true bug (Hemiptera)
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Hemiptera
- Family:
- Miridae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 7
- First record:
- 15/06/2025 (Timms, Sue)
- Last record:
- 28/06/2025 (Timms, Sue)
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