Spilostethus saxatilis

Spilostethus saxatilis
Adult
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Infraorder: Pentatomomorpha
Superfamily: Lygaeoidea
Family: Lygaeidae
Subfamily: Lygaeinae
Genus: Spilostethus
Species: S. saxatilis
Binomial name
Spilostethus saxatilis
(Scopoli, 1763)
Spilostethus saxatilis nymph

Spilostethus saxatilis is a species of bugs belonging to the family Lygaeidae, subfamily Lygaeinae.

It is found in the Euro-Mediterranean-Turanian Region, with a more northern distribution relative to Spilostethus pandurus, at least as far east as Iran.[1]

References

  1. Linnavuori, Rauno E. (2007). "Studies on the Lygaeidae s. lat.(Heteroptera) of Gilan and the adjacent provinces in northern Iran" (PDF). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae. 47: 5775. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 January 2014.
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