Species Rhyparochromus vulgaris

Classification · Remarks · Internet References

Dirt-colored Seed Bug - Rhyparochromus vulgaris

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)

Suborder Heteroptera (True Bugs)

Superfamily Lygaeoidea

Family Rhyparochromidae (Dirt-colored Seed Bugs)

Tribe Rhyparochromini

Genus Rhyparochromus

Species vulgaris (Rhyparochromus vulgaris)

Remarks

Non native, introduced recently from Europe.

Internet References

Washington Dept. of Agriculture

Contributed by Boris Büche on 12 April, 2007 - 4:26am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 21 February, 2009 - 7:57am

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