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Genus Rhyparochromus

Rhyparochromus vulgaris? - Rhyparochromus vulgaris

Rhyparochromus - Rhyparochromus vulgaris

Dirt-colored Seed Bug - Rhyparochromus vulgaris

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 Rhyparochromus

Explanation of Names

Rhyparochromus Hahn 1826

Greek for 'dirt-colored'

Numbers

A single (adventive) species in our area(1), 40 spp. in 8 subgenera total(2)

Range

Old World, mostly Palaearctic, adventive along the Pacific

Works Cited

1.	Raglius alboacuminatus (Goeze) and Rhyparochromus vulgaris (Schilling) (Lygaeoidea: Rhyparochromidae)... Henry T.J. 2004. Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 106: 513-522.

2.	Dellapé P.M., Henry T.J. (2016) Lygaeoidea species file. Version 5.0

Contributed by john and jane balaban on 21 June, 2006 - 12:59pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 16 August, 2016 - 2:58pm

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