''Spilostethus''
[Stål C (1868) ''Hemiptera Fabricana I. K. svenska VetenskAkad. Handl.'' 72.] is a genus of
bugs in the family
Lygaeidae
The Lygaeidae are a family in the Hemiptera (true bugs), with more than 110 genera in four subfamilies. The family is commonly referred to as seed bugs, and less commonly, milkweed bugs, or ground bugs. However, while many of the species feed on ...
(seed bugs). Most species in this genus are from the Palearctic and Oriental regions.
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Species
These species belong to the genus ''Spilostethus'':[
# '' 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
External links
Biology of S. furcula with notes on identification
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Lygaeidae