Spilostethus is a genus of bugs in the family Lygaeidae (seed bugs). Most species in this genus are from the Palearctic and Oriental regions.
Species
These species belong to the genus Spilostethus:
- Spilostethus altivolens <small>Linnavuori, 1978</small>
- Spilostethus amaenus <small>(Bolivar, 1879)</small>
- Spilostethus campbelli <small>(Distant, 1918)</small>
- Spilostethus consanguineus <small>(Montandon, 1893)</small>
- Spilostethus crudelis <small>Fabricius, 1781</small>
- Spilostethus decoratus <small>(StÃÂ¥l, 1867)</small>
- Spilostethus furcula <small>(Herrich-Schaeffer, 1850)</small>
- Spilostethus hospes <small>(Fabricius, 1794)</small> (darth maul bug)
- Spilostethus lemniscatus <small>(StÃÂ¥l, 1855)</small>
- Spilostethus longiceps <small>Linnavuori, 1978</small>
- Spilostethus longulus <small>(Dallas, 1852)</small>
- Spilostethus macilentus <small>StÃÂ¥l, 1874</small>
- Spilostethus merui <small>Scudder, 1962</small>
- Spilostethus mimus <small>(StÃÂ¥l, 1865)</small>
- Spilostethus montislunae <small>Bergroth, 1914</small>
- Spilostethus nasalis <small>(Gerstaecker, 1873)</small>
- Spilostethus pacificus <small>(Boisduval, 1835)</small>
- Spilostethus pandurus <small>(Scopoli, 1763)</small><br>type species (as Cimex militaris <small>Fabricius JC</small> = S. pandurus militaris) - Europe
- Spilostethus rivularis <small>(Germar, 1837)</small> (brooklet milkweed bug)
- Spilostethus rubriceps <small>(Horvath, 1899)</small>
- Spilostethus saxatilis <small>(Scopoli, 1763)</small>
- Spilostethus stehliki <small>Deckert, 2013</small>
- Spilostethus taeniatus <small>(StÃÂ¥l, 1865)</small>
- Spilostethus trilineatus <small>(Fabricius, 1794)</small>
References
External links
Biology of S. furcula with notes on identification