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''Carpocoris mediterraneus'', the red shield bug, is a species of shield bug in the family Pentatomidae.
Fauna europaea
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''Carpocoris mediterraneus'' can reach a length of . The body is shield-like in shape and the elytrae are very thick. The body surface is bright yellow or orange, with four short longitudinal black stripes on the pronotum and five dark spots on the scutellum. The antennae have 5 segments. Legs are yellowish or orange.
This species is similar and can be confused with ''
Morphological, biogeographical and molecular evidence of Carpocoris mediterraneus as a valid species (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae)
In ''Carpocoris mediterraneus atlanticus'' the humeral angles of pronotum are sharp and protruding, the base of scutellum and connexivum are frequently with contrasting black spots and the apex of the scutellum is exceptionally truncated.
INPN
Pentatomidae Insects described in 1958 Hemiptera of Europe {{Pentatomoidea-stub
Subspecies
* ''Carpocoris mediterraneus atlanticus'' Tamanini, 1958 * ''Carpocoris mediterraneus mediterraneus'' Tamanini, 1958Distribution
This species is widespread throughout the Mediterranean region (Corsica, Greece, Italy, Morocco, Sardinia, Sicily)./ref>
Description
''Carpocoris mediterraneus'' can reach a length of . The body is shield-like in shape and the elytrae are very thick. The body surface is bright yellow or orange, with four short longitudinal black stripes on the pronotum and five dark spots on the scutellum. The antennae have 5 segments. Legs are yellowish or orange.
This species is similar and can be confused with ''Carpocoris pudicus
''Carpocoris pudicus'' is a species of shield bug in the family Pentatomidae.
Distribution
This species is widespread in most of central and southern Europe (Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, No ...
'', ''Carpocoris purpureipennis
''Carpocoris purpureipennis'' is a species of shield bug of the family Pentatomidae, subfamily Pentatominae.
Subspecies
* ''Carpocoris purpureipennis purpureipennis'' (De Geer, 1773)
* ''Carpocoris purpureipennis sexmaculatus'' Péneau, 1921
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'' or ''Carpocoris fuscispinus
''Carpocoris fuscispinus'' is a species of shield bug in the family Pentatomidae.
Subspecies
* ''Carpocoris fuscispinus hahni'' (Flor, 1856)
* ''Carpocoris fuscispinus incerta'' (Tamanini, 1959)
* ''Carpocoris fuscispinus maculosa'' (Tamanini, ...
''.ROLAND LUPOLI, FRANÇOIS DUSOULIER, ASTRID CRUAUD, SANDRINE CROS-ARTEIL& JEAN-CLAUDE STREITMorphological, biogeographical and molecular evidence of Carpocoris mediterraneus as a valid species (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae)
In ''Carpocoris mediterraneus atlanticus'' the humeral angles of pronotum are sharp and protruding, the base of scutellum and connexivum are frequently with contrasting black spots and the apex of the scutellum is exceptionally truncated.
Biology
These bugs arepolyphagous
Feeding is the process by which organisms, typically animals, obtain food. Terminology often uses either the suffixes -vore, -vory, or -vorous from Latin ''vorare'', meaning "to devour", or -phage, -phagy, or -phagous from Greek φαγε ...
vegetarian. Adults can be found on several flowering plants, especially on parsley (''Petroselinum crispum
Parsley, or garden parsley (''Petroselinum crispum'') is a species of flowering plant in the family Apiaceae that is native to the central and eastern Mediterranean region (Sardinia, Lebanon, Israel, Cyprus, Turkey, southern Italy, Greece, Por ...
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Bibliography
* L. Tamanini, Due nuovi Carpocoris della sottoregione mediterranea (Heteroptera, Pentatomidae), Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 70:165-172. (1958)References
External links
INPN
Pentatomidae Insects described in 1958 Hemiptera of Europe {{Pentatomoidea-stub