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Tropidothorax leucopterus
Tropidothorax leucopterus is a species of ground bugs belonging to the family Lygaeidae, subfamily Lygaeinae.
From the article Tropidothorax leucopterus on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
Tropidothorax leucopterus can reach a length of 9–10 millimetres (0.35–0.39 in). Bodies of these bugs are oval-elongated, with a striking red-black warning color. The head is black, with a small red spot in the middle. The pronotum is basically black, with black lateral margins, a black middle stripe and a red stripe at the front edge. Pronotum has a middle keel running from the front edge to the posterior margin. The scutellum and clavus of the hemielytra are black. Corium is predominantly red. The membrane is matt black, with a white spot at the inner angle. Connexivum is alternately black and red spotted. The abdomen is red with black spots. Both the antennae as well as the legs are black.
Range & habitat
This species can be found in most of central and southern Europe, North Africa, Turkey, the Caucasus, Iran and in Central Asia. In Europe these bugs are present in Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland and Yugoslavia),
Wikipedia: “Distribution and habitat”
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 334611.