Arocatus melanocephalus

TaxID: 1561047

Basic Information

Arocatus melanocephalus

Elm Seed Bug, Lygaeid bug

Arocatus melanocephalus, the elm seed bug, is a Heteroptera in the family Lygaeidae. The species was initially described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1798, and Maximilian Spinola designated it to be the type species of the genus Arocatus in 1837. This bug is native to Europe but has been introduced to North America.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Arthropoda

Insecta

Hemiptera

Lygaeidae

Arocatus

melanocephalus

nan

Photos (0 photos)

No photos available.

Morphological Features

Body colour dark red, with very short, decumbent hairs.

Source: GBIF Life Stage: Adult Source Type: Taxonomic treatment
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Plazi taxonomic treatment

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (1 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
United States of America Quarantine pests —

Distribution (33 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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Present
0
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Armenia Present —
Austria Present —
Belgium Present —
Bulgaria Present —
Belarus Present —
Canada Present —
Switzerland Present —
China Present —
Czechia Present —
Germany Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (1 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Run ID Tissue Developmental Stage Sex Read Count Location Actions
SRR27969773 whole insect - - 60650968 Germany: Hamburg

DNA Barcodes (9 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

Process ID BIN Marker Length Country Date Lat/Lon Sequence
GHET4069-18 BOLD:ACS3530 COI-5P 658 Germany 2017-08-30 49.95, 11.58
GHET4068-18 BOLD:ACS3530 COI-5P 658 Germany 2017-08-30 49.95, 11.58
GHET3313-18 BOLD:ACS3530 COI-5P 658 Germany 2016-07-28 52.19, 11.58
GHET3312-18 BOLD:ACS3530 COI-5P 658 Germany 2016-07-28 52.19, 11.58
GHET2990-18 BOLD:ACS3530 COI-5P 658 Germany 2015-07-29 52.19, 11.58
GHET2989-18 BOLD:ACS3530 COI-5P 658 Germany 2015-07-29 52.19, 11.58
GBMHH6811-15 BOLD:ACS3530 COI-5P 1366 Germany 2010-06-02 52.22, 13.45
GBART56114-23 - 18S-3P 1905 Unrecoverable - -
GBART14566-23 - 18S-5P 673 Unrecoverable - -

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