Scantius aegyptius

Scantius aegyptius, the Mediterranean red bug, is a species of red bug in the family Pyrrhocoridae.[1][2][3]

Mediterranean red bug, Scantius aegyptius
Mediterranean red bug, Scantius aegyptius

Scantius aegyptius
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Family: Pyrrhocoridae
Genus: Scantius
Species:
S. aegyptius
Binomial name
Scantius aegyptius
(Linnaeus, 1758)

Considered an invasive species in North America, it was discovered to have made its first appearance in America on June 13, 2009 by Doug Peltz, the American science communicator.[4]

See also

References
  1. "Scantius aegyptius". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-07.
  2. "Scantius aegyptius Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-07.
  3. "Scantius aegyptius Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-07.
  4. Bryant, Peter J. (October 2009). "Invasion of Southern California by the Palearctic pyrrhocorid Scantius aegyptius (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pyrrhocoridae)" (PDF). The Pan-Pacific Entomologist. 85 (4): 190–193. doi:10.3956/2009-27.1.

Further reading
  • Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico (2nd ed.). CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9.
  • Aukema, Berend; Rieger, Christian, eds. (2001). Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region, vol. 4: Pentatomorpha I: Aradidae, Lygaeidae, Piesmatidae, Malcidae, Berytidae, Colobathristidae, Largidae, Pyrrhocoridae. The Netherlands Entomological Society. ISBN 90-71912-21-3.
  • Blatchley, W.S. (1926). Heteroptera, or true bugs of eastern North America, with especial reference to the faunas of Indiana and Florida. Nature Publishing. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.6871.
  • Henry, Thomas J.; Froeschner, Richard C., eds. (1988). Catalog of the Heteroptera, or True Bugs, of Canada and the Continental United States. E. J. Brill. ISBN 0-916846-44-X.
  • Walker, Francis (1871). Catalogue of the Specimens of Hemiptera Heteroptera in the Collection of the British Museum, pt. IV. British Museum. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.9254.


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