Elasmostethus interstinctus
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Elasmostethus interstinctus is species
of shield bug
in the family
Acanthosomatidae
. It is widely distributed across Europe
.
Species
In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...
of shield bug
Shield bug
Pentatomoidea is a superfamily of insects in the Heteroptera suborder of the Hemiptera order and, as such, share a common arrangement of sucking mouthparts...
in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Acanthosomatidae
Acanthosomatidae
Acanthosomatidae is a family of Hemiptera, commonly named “shield bugs,” for which Kumar in hisWorld revision recognizes 47 genera; now this number is 54 genera, with about 200 species,and is one of the least diversified families within Pentatomoidea.-Genera:...
. It is widely distributed across Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
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