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Species Raglius alboacuminatus

European Dirt-colored Seed Bug - Raglius alboacuminatus

Bug in Douglas Fir Litter 2 - Raglius alboacuminatus

Aurora Raglius alboacuminatus? - Raglius alboacuminatus

Raglius alboacuminatus? - Raglius alboacuminatus

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

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

Suborder Heteroptera (True Bugs)

Infraorder Pentatomomorpha

Superfamily Lygaeoidea

Family Rhyparochromidae (Dirt-colored Seed Bugs)

Subfamily Rhyparochrominae

Tribe Rhyparochromini

Genus Raglius

Species alboacuminatus (Raglius alboacuminatus)

Explanation of Names

Raglius alboacuminatus (Goeze 1778)

Size

5-6 mm(1)

Range

native to Europe & the Mediterranean, recently introduced to NA (BC-CA-UT)(2)(3)(4)(LaGasa 2006)

Habitat

on ground and vegetation; hibernates under bark(5); mainly ruderal habitats (wastegrounds, roadsides, woodland clearings)(1); reported invading homes and old fields in huge numbers in NA(3)

Food

seeds of Lamiaceae and other plants(5); in the UK, the main foodplant is black horehound (Ballota nigra)(1)

Remarks

earliest NA record: UT 1999(2)

Both macropterous and brachypterous forms occur(1)

Internet References

Species page(1)

Works Cited

1.	Bantock T., Botting J. (2010‒) British Bugs, an online identification guide to UK Hemiptera

2.	Exotic seed-bugs (Lygeoidea: Rhyparochromidae & Oxycarenidae) new to the Pacific Northwest LaGasa E., Murray T. 2007. Proceedings, 66th Annual Pacific Northwest Insect Management Conference, Jan. 8-9, 2007: 5-6.

3.	California plant pest & disease report, Vol. 22 (Jul 2002 through Jul 2005) S. Gaimari, ed. 2005. California Department of Food & Agriculture, Plant Pest Diagnostics Branch. 78 pp.

4.	First Canadian records for two invasive seed-feeding bugs, Arocatus melanocephalus (Fabricius, 1798) and Raglius alboacuminatus Acheampong S., Strong W.B., Schwartz M.D., Higgins R.J., Thurston M.A., Walker E.J., Roberts J. 2016. J. Ent. Soc. B.C. 113: 74-78.

5.	Gogala A. (2014) Heteroptera of Slovenia

Contributed by Boris Büche on 11 April, 2007 - 8:44am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, v belov
Last updated 10 July, 2017 - 12:25pm

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