Scantius
Scantius aegyptius
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Pyrrhocoridae
Genus: Scantius
Stl, 1866

Scantius is a genus of mostly African and European bugs in the family Pyrrhocoridae. There are at least two described species in Scantius.[1][2][3]

Scantius aegyptius

Species

These species belong to the genus Scantius:

  • Scantius aegyptius (Linnaeus, 1758) g b (Mediterranean red bug)
  • Scantius forsteri (Fabricius, 1781) g

Data sources: i = ITIS,[4] c = Catalogue of Life,[5] g = GBIF,[1] b = Bugguide.net[2]

References

  1. 1 2 "Scantius". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-07.
  2. 1 2 "Scantius Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-07.
  3. โ†‘ "Scantius Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-07.
  4. โ†‘ "ITIS, Integrated Taxonomic Information System". Retrieved 2018-04-07.
  5. โ†‘ "Catalogue of Life". Retrieved 2018-04-07.

Further reading

  • Media related to Scantius at Wikimedia Commons
  • Data related to Scantius at Wikispecies


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