Xanthochilus saturnius (Rossi, 1790) is a animal in the Rhyparochromidae family, order Hemiptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Xanthochilus saturnius (Rossi, 1790)

Xanthochilus saturnius (Rossi, 1790)

Xanthochilus saturnius is a small, distinctly patterned true bug found across southern Europe and parts of the Nearctic realm.

Genus
Xanthochilus
Order
Hemiptera
Class
Insecta

About Xanthochilus saturnius (Rossi, 1790)

Xanthochilus saturnius (Rossi, 1790) is a small species of true bug that reaches an adult length of 6–8 millimetres, or 0.24–0.31 inches. This species has a distinct black-on-tan patterning: its head and scutellum are solid black, the pronotum features one large black band and one stippled brown band, brown elytra bear two black spots, and the membrane also has a large black marking. This species is distributed across southern Europe, including Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, European Turkey, France, Greece, Italy, North Macedonia, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Bulgaria, and South European Russia. It is also found in the Nearctic realm, covering Greenland, Canada, the United States, and northern Mexico.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Hemiptera Rhyparochromidae Xanthochilus

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

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