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Elm Seed Bug

Arocatus melanocephalus

Classification

Class
Insecta
Family
Lygaeidae

Arocatus melanocephalus, the elm seed bug, is a Heteroptera in the family Lygaeidae. The species was initially described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1798, and Maximilian Spinola designated it to be the type species of the genus Arocatus in 1837. This bug is native to Europe but has been introduced to North America.

Distribution

Dick Belgers · CC BY
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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Netherlands · 1,559Germany · 328Italy · 98Spain · 38France · 31Belgium · 4Luxembourg · 3Switzerland · 3