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Woundwort Shieldbug

Eysarcoris venustissimus

Classification

Class
Insecta

Stagonomus venustissimus, common name woundwort shieldbug, is a species of shieldbug belonging to the family Pentatomidae, subfamily Pentatominae. Scientific name The species was first named by Fabricius as Cimex melanocephalus. However this name had already been used by Linnaeus for the mirid bug now known as Phylus melanocephalus - at the time, the genus Cimex encompassed the entirety of the Heteroptera.

Distribution

Dick Belgers · CC BY
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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Netherlands · 4,074Germany · 1,939United Kingdom · 1,907France · 390Luxembourg · 73Italy · 71Belgium · 68Switzerland · 59Spain · 58