Anthocoris gallarumulmi
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| Anthocoris gallarumulmi | |
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| Anthocoris gallarumulmi depicted in Edward Saunders Hemiptera Heteroptera of the British Islands (figure 4) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Family: | Anthocoridae |
| Genus: | Anthocoris |
| Species: | A. gallarumulmi |
| Binomial name | |
| Anthocoris gallarumulmi (De Geer 1773) | |
Anthocoris gallarumulmi is a true bug in the family Anthocoridae. The species is a West Palearctic species found on aphid-galled leaves of Ulmus minor and is a predator of the aphid Eriosoma ulmi [1] It is also associated with aphid-leaf galls of Fraxinus excelsior, Ribes, Prunus spinosa and Crataegus monogyna.[2]
