The Italian striped bug, Graphosoma italicum, also called the minstrel bug, is a shield bug of the family Pentatomidae first described by Muller in 1766. It reaches 8 to 12 millimeters in length with an almost round body colored bright red and marked with wide black longitudinal stripes, six black bands on the pronotum, and black antennae and legs. It is distributed across the Western Palearctic and the entire Mediterranean region, and in recent decades its range has expanded north as far as the North Sea and Baltic coasts of Jutland and southern Finland.
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Source Wikidata: Italian Striped Bug
In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: Belgium, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Denmark, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Norway, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Sweden, found in there.
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Graphosoma italicum
2. GBIF (IUCN Red List category): GBIF IUCN Red List category for Graphosoma italicum
GBIF (IUCN Red List category)GBIF taxon key 7437802, category fieldQuote, GBIF taxon key 7437802, category field
"category": "NOT_EVALUATED"
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Wikidata: Italian Striped Bug
Child Taxon Of: Hemiptera, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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