Chop hopper [1] , or small flower stalk [2] [3] , ( lat. Hoplia parvula ) - a species of lamellar beetles from the subfamily of chafers .
| Little hoppy |
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| No rank : | Bilateral symmetrical |
| Subtype : | Tracheo-breathing |
| Infraclass : | Winged insects |
| Treasure : | Fully Transformed Insects |
| Infrastructure : | Scarabaeiformia Crowson, 1960 |
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| International scientific name |
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Hoplia parvula Krynicki , 1832 |
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Content
Body length 7–9.5 mm. The color is black, palps and antennae (except for a dark mace) are brown-red. The main background of the upper side of the body is entirely covered with matte or somewhat metallic shiny green, golden green, blue green, brown or mixed brown and green scales. Rarely, the top of the body can be covered in highly metallic shiny golden green flakes. The body is wide, relatively short, relatively not convex above. The upper body is covered with very thick, round or somewhat oval scales. Antennae 9-segmented, their mace somewhat shorter than flagellum. Pronotum convex, slightly transverse, slightly narrower than elytra base. It is weak posteriorly and narrowed slightly more anteriorly, covered with very dense round scales, between which very thin raised whitish hairs sit on black dots. Elytra very wide, short, with somewhat rounded sides. The lower side of the body is covered with thick, touching, round metallic shiny silver-white, sometimes with a greenish tinge of scales, between which sparse short hairs are scattered on the chest [4] .
East European view. It is found in northwestern Poland ; The northern border of distribution passes through the northern part of Belarus ( Grodno ) to Yaroslavl , Kostroma and Urzhum ( Kirov region ). Further, the border of the range passes to the southeast through the Belebeyevsky district of Bashkiria to western Kazakhstan . The western border of the distribution of the species passes through western Belarus (Grodno), Zhytomyr region of Ukraine and Odessa . The southern border of the range passes through Odessa to the mouths of the Dnieper , and then rises northeast along its floodplain and meadows, along the Molochnaya River ( Melitopol ), the lower reaches of the Seversky Donets ( stanitsa Luganskaya ), the middle reaches of the Don ( Kalach ), along the Volga and the middle course of the Urals. In the Crimea and the Caucasus, the species is absent [4] .
The main part of the range is located in the eastern part of Europe in the forest zone [4] .
Beetles live on sandy and light sandy loam soils of river terraces, where they can be found in large numbers. In the north of Ukraine, in the forest-steppe, the species prefers areas with sparse vegetation (pine forests, river banks). In a hotter and drier climate in the south of its range, beetles are found in river floodplains.
Beetles are found from late May to mid-September. Active in the daytime and held on grassy and young woody vegetation (willow, poplar, pine). They feed on leaves. Larvae live in sandy soil, feeding on small roots. Head of larva without eyes, pale yellow. Forehead on each side with 3 setae. The length of the larva is up to 17-24 mm [3] . Annual generation. Larvae overwinter [4] .
- ↑ Smelters N. N. Identifier of insects. A brief guide to the most common insects in the European part of the USSR. - M: Uchpedgiz, 1957.- 548 p.
- ↑ Gilyarov M.S. (ed. Ed.) Key to insect larvae living in the soil. Determinant. - Moscow: Publishing House "Science", 1964. - 921 p.
- ↑ 1 2 Medvedev S.I. Larvae of lamellar beetles of the fauna of the USSR. M. —P., 1952
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Medvedev S.I. Lamellar (Scarabaeidae). Sub-sub. Melolonthinae, Part 2 (Khrushchev) [Fauna of the USSR. 52]. M.-L., 1952
