Deraeocoris schach (Fabricius, 1781) is a animal in the Miridae family, order Hemiptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Deraeocoris schach (Fabricius, 1781)

Deraeocoris schach (Fabricius, 1781)

Deraeocoris schach is a true bug species found mostly in Southern Europe, with characteristic body coloration and size.

Family
Genus
Deraeocoris
Order
Hemiptera
Class
Insecta

About Deraeocoris schach (Fabricius, 1781)

Deraeocoris schach can reach a body length of 6–7 millimetres (0.24–0.28 inches). This species has an oval-shaped body covered in gray hair. Its head is orange, and only rarely black. The first two antennal segments are somewhat thickened and dark, while the two outer segments are thin and light in color. The pronotum is black, and it has an orange scutellum. The hemielytra are yellow-orange with large black markings. The legs are black and may have orange or light spots. There are also several different color variants of this species. This species occurs mainly in Southern Europe, including Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, European Turkey, Slovenia, France, Italy, Greece, Portugal, Spain and Yugoslavia. It can also be found in Turkey, Israel and Algeria.

Photo: (c) Agapakis Georgios, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Agapakis Georgios · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Hemiptera Miridae Deraeocoris

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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