Bothrostethus annulipes is a species of bug in the Coreidae family, subfamily Pseudophloeinae.
Distribution This species can be found in Europe. It is non present in the Britain Islands nor in the Nordic countries.
Description
Bothrostethus annulipes can reach a length of about . Body is black-brown. Connexivum is yellow spotted.Stresemann Exkursionsfauna von Deutschland, Band 2: Wirbellose: Insekten The margin of the pronotum is finely denticulate. The humeral tooth is very obvious and curved to the outside. A black median notch is present on the front of the pronotum. The apex of the scutellum is clear, almost white. The tibias are yellow, darker towards the end.
This species is rather similar to Centrocoris spiniger, Centrocoris variegatus and Gonocerus insidiator.
Biology These herbivore insects are trophically associated with leguminous plants. They mainly feed on Bromus species.Coreoides species files Adult males have the unusual behaviour of feeding on excrements.Jérôme Constant Note on coprophily and necrophily in the Hemiptera Heteroptera
Bibliography Moulet. 1995. Faune de France 81:150 - Identification W Palaearctic. - Bothrostethus annulipes Dolling. 2006. In Aukema & Rieger Ed. - Catalogue of Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region 5:48 Carl W. Schaefer, Paula Levin Mitchell - Food Plants of the Coreoidea (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) - Ann Entomol Soc Am (1983) 76 (4): 591–615.
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EOL Galerie-insecte