Loricula elegantula
Length 1.5 to 2.3 mm. A genus of small and inconspicuous bugs, in which the females are very broad-bodied and brachypterous, and the 2nd antennal segment is longer than the 4th. In L. elegantula females the forebody is entirely orange-red and the forewings are tiny and mostly pale. The macropterous males are dark brown with a red cuneus and pale base and apex to the corium.
Associated with lichens on tree trunks and stones.
Adult: July to September.
Feeds on small invertebrates.
Common and widespread in Britain.
Status in Leicestershire and Rutland not known.
David Gould
Narborough Bog NR
28 July 2011
female
sue
Ellistown, footpath alongside Robson Way
05 July 2024
male
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Bugs
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Hemiptera
- Family:
- Microphysidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 2
- First record:
- 28/07/2011 (Gould, David)
- Last record:
- 05/07/2024 (Timms, Sue)
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