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 | |
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| Spilostethus pandurus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Superfamily: | Lygaeoidea |
| Family: | Lygaeidae |
| Subfamily: | Lygaeinae |
| Genus: | Spilostethus Stål, 1868 |
Species edit
These species belong to the genus Spilostethus:[3]
- Spilostethus altivolens Linnavuori, 1978
- Spilostethus amaenus (Bolivar, 1879)
- Spilostethus campbelli (Distant, 1918)
- Spilostethus consanguineus (Montandon, 1893)
- Spilostethus crudelis Fabricius, 1781
- Spilostethus decoratus (Stål, 1867)
- Spilostethus furcula (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1850)
- Spilostethus hospes (Fabricius, 1794) (darth maul bug)
- Spilostethus lemniscatus (Stål, 1855)
- Spilostethus longiceps Linnavuori, 1978
- Spilostethus longulus (Dallas, 1852)
- Spilostethus macilentus Stål, 1874
- Spilostethus merui Scudder, 1962
- Spilostethus mimus (Stål, 1865)
- Spilostethus montislunae Bergroth, 1914
- Spilostethus nasalis (Gerstaecker, 1873)
- Spilostethus pacificus (Boisduval, 1835)
- Spilostethus pandurus (Scopoli, 1763)
type species (as Cimex militaris Fabricius JC = S. pandurus militaris) - Europe - Spilostethus rivularis (Germar, 1837) (brooklet milkweed bug)
- Spilostethus rubriceps (Horvath, 1899)
- Spilostethus saxatilis (Scopoli, 1763)
- Spilostethus stehliki Deckert, 2013
- Spilostethus taeniatus (Stål, 1865)
- Spilostethus trilineatus (Fabricius, 1794)
References edit
- ^ Stål C (1868) Hemiptera Fabricana I. K. svenska VetenskAkad. Handl. 72.
- ^ "Spilostethus". GBIF. Retrieved 2021-10-05.
- ^ a b Dellapé, Pablo M.; Henry, Thomas J. (2021). "genus Spilostethus Stal, 1868". Lygaeoidea Species File. Retrieved 2021-10-05.
External links edit
- Biology of S. furcula with notes on identification
Media related to Spilostethus at Wikimedia Commons
