Kingdom Animalia Suborder Heteroptera Superfamily Pentatomoidea Scientific name Eysarcoris venustissimus Rank Species | Class Insecta Infraorder Pentatomomorpha Family Pentatomidae Phylum Arthropoda Order True bugs | |
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Similar Eysarcoris, Eysarcoris aeneus, True bugs, Piezodorus lituratus, Peribalus strictus | ||
Eysarcoris venustissimus
Eysarcoris venustissimus is a species of shieldbug belonging to the family Pentatomidae, subfamily Pentatominae.
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It has a bronze-purple triangular stain at the base of the scutellum.
The nymphs feed on Stachys sylvatica and Lamiaceae species.
It is found in most of Europe.
Eysarcoris venustissimus schillerwanze schieldbug
Scientific name
The species was first named by Fabricius as Cimex melanocephalus. However this name had already been used by Linnaeus for the mirid bug now known as Phylus melanocephalus - at the time, the genus Cimex encompassed the entirety of the Heteroptera. The replacement name Eysarcoris fabricii given by Kirkaldy in 1904 was used for many years, but Rider (1998) pointed out the name venustissimus given by Schrank to what he called Schönste Wanze - most beautiful bug, and this is now the accepted name.
