Spilostethus

Spilostethus[1] is a genus of bugs in the family Lygaeidae (seed bugs). Most species in this genus are from the Palearctic and Oriental regions.[2][3]

Spilostethus
Spilostethus pandurus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Superfamily: Lygaeoidea
Family: Lygaeidae
Subfamily: Lygaeinae
Genus: Spilostethus
Stål, 1868

Species

These species belong to the genus Spilostethus:[3]

  1. Spilostethus altivolens Linnavuori, 1978
  2. Spilostethus amaenus (Bolivar, 1879)
  3. Spilostethus campbelli (Distant, 1918)
  4. Spilostethus consanguineus (Montandon, 1893)
  5. Spilostethus crudelis Fabricius, 1781
  6. Spilostethus decoratus (Stål, 1867)
  7. Spilostethus furcula (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1850)
  8. Spilostethus hospes (Fabricius, 1794) (darth maul bug)
  9. Spilostethus lemniscatus (Stål, 1855)
  10. Spilostethus longiceps Linnavuori, 1978
  11. Spilostethus longulus (Dallas, 1852)
  12. Spilostethus macilentus Stål, 1874
  13. Spilostethus merui Scudder, 1962
  14. Spilostethus mimus (Stål, 1865)
  15. Spilostethus montislunae Bergroth, 1914
  16. Spilostethus nasalis (Gerstaecker, 1873)
  17. Spilostethus pacificus (Boisduval, 1835)
  18. Spilostethus pandurus (Scopoli, 1763)
    type species (as Cimex militaris Fabricius JC = S. pandurus militaris) - Europe
  19. Spilostethus rivularis (Germar, 1837) (brooklet milkweed bug)
  20. Spilostethus rubriceps (Horvath, 1899)
  21. Spilostethus saxatilis (Scopoli, 1763)
  22. Spilostethus stehliki Deckert, 2013
  23. Spilostethus taeniatus (Stål, 1865)
  24. Spilostethus trilineatus (Fabricius, 1794)

References
  1. Stål C (1868) Hemiptera Fabricana I. K. svenska VetenskAkad. Handl. 72.
  2. "Spilostethus". GBIF. Retrieved 2021-10-05.
  3. Dellapé, Pablo M.; Henry, Thomas J. (2021). "genus Spilostethus Stal, 1868". Lygaeoidea Species File. Retrieved 2021-10-05.
Biology of S. furcula with notes on identification
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