# Orthops basalis

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{{Short description|Species of true bug}}
{{Expand German|topic=scitech|Orthops basalis|date=July 2019}}
{{Speciesbox
|image = Orthops basalis.jpg
|image_caption =
|genus = Orthops
|species = basalis
|authority = ([A. Costa](/source/Achille_Costa), 1853)
|synonyms =
*''Phytocoris basalis'' <small>A. Costa, 1853</small>
}}

'''''Orthops basalis''''' is a species of plant bug belonging to the family [Miridae](/source/Miridae), subfamily [Mirinae](/source/Mirinae) that can be found everywhere in [Europe](/source/Europe) except for [Azores](/source/Azores), [Bosnia and Herzegovina](/source/Bosnia_and_Herzegovina) [Faroe Islands](/source/Faroe_Islands), [Iceland](/source/Iceland) and [Cyprus](/source/Cyprus).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=452077|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014172810/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=452077|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 14, 2013|title=''Orthops (Orthops) basalis'' (A. Costa 1853)|publisher=[Fauna Europaea](/source/Fauna_Europaea)|version=2.6.2|date=August 29, 2013|accessdate=October 14, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|author1=Kerzhner I. M. |author2=Josifov M. |year=1999|chapter=Family Miridae|editor=Aukema, Berend |editor2=Rieger, Christian|title=Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region|volume=3, Cimicomorpha II|location=Amsterdam|publisher=Netherlands Entomological Society|pages=1&ndash;577, page &nbsp;132|isbn=978-90-71912-19-1}}</ref> then east across the [Palearctic](/source/Palearctic) to [Central Asia](/source/Central_Asia) and [Siberia](/source/Siberia).

==Description==
It is {{convert|5|mm}} long and is elongated with males often having three pale spots on the [scutellum](/source/scutellum_(insect_anatomy)).<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.britishbugs.org.uk/heteroptera/Miridae/orthops_basalis.html|title=''Orthops basalis''|publisher=British Bugs|accessdate=June 23, 2013}}</ref>

==Biology==
''Orthops basalis'' lives on various [Apiaceae](/source/Apiaceae) and have no specialization in certain genera.  Both the nymphs and the adult bugs are often on the flowers, especially on the stems directly below the flowers.  There they suck on the immature reproductive organs.
<ref>Ekkehard Wachmann, Albert Melber, Jürgen Deckert: Wanzen. Band 2: ''Cimicomorpha: Microphysidae (Flechtenwanzen), Miridae (Weichwanzen)'' (= ''Die Tierwelt Deutschlands und der angrenzenden Meeresteile nach ihren Merkmalen und nach ihrer Lebensweise''. 75. Teil). Goecke & Evers, Keltern 2006, {{ISBN|3-931374-57-2}}, S. 96. </ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.naturespot.org.uk/species/orthops-basalis ''Orthops basalis'']

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Category:Insects described in 1853
Category:Hemiptera of Europe
Category:Mirini
Category:Taxa named by Achille Costa

{{Mirinae-stub}}

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