Graphosoma lineatum is a species of shield bug in the family Pentatomidae, first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758. It grows to a length of about 8 to 12 millimeters and has an almost round body with a large shield, colored orange yellow with wide black longitudinal stripes and six black bands across the pronotum. Its antennae are black and its legs are mostly orange, a detail that distinguishes it from closely related striped shield bugs. The species is distributed across northern Africa in Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia, with a subspecies, Graphosoma lineatum siciliensis, endemic to Sicily as the only population found in Europe.
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Source GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Graphosoma lineatum
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Sources
1. North African striped bug (Graphosoma lineatum) (Wikipedia)
2. Graphosoma lineatum (Wikipedia)
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Graphosoma lineatum
GBIF Backbone TaxonomyChild Taxon Of: Hemiptera, Taxon recordQuote, Child Taxon Of: Hemiptera, Taxon record
"order": "Hemiptera"
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