Groundbug

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• Pachybrachius luridus

  sphagnum groundbug, dirt-colored seed bug

  Pachybrachius luridus is a species of dirt-colored seed bug in the family Rhyparochromidae. It has a broad distribution spanning Europe, Northern Asia (excluding China), North America, and Southern Asia. The species is commonly known as the sphagnum groundbug, suggesting an association with peat-forming wetland habitats.

  groundbugseed-bugsphagnumpeatlandPalearcticNearcticHemipteraRhyparochromidaePentatomomorpha

• Rhyparochromus vulgaris

  dirt-colored seed bug, bright-spotted groundbug

  Rhyparochromus vulgaris is a species of dirt-colored seed bug in the family Rhyparochromidae. It is widely distributed across Africa, Europe, Northern Asia (excluding China), North America, and Southern Asia. The species was first recorded in North America in 2001 and is sometimes classified under the genus Raglius as Raglius vulgaris. It belongs to the true bugs (Hemiptera) and is part of the seed bug lineage.

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• Stygnocoris sabulosus

  hairy groundbug

  Stygnocoris sabulosus is a small dirt-colored seed bug in the family Rhyparochromidae. The species was described by Schilling in 1829 and has been widely recorded across the Holarctic region. A taxonomic revision established S. sabulosus as the senior synonym of S. pygmaeus (R.F. Sahlberg, 1848). It is commonly known as the hairy groundbug.

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• Trapezonotus arenarius

  dune groundbug

  Trapezonotus arenarius is a species of dirt-colored seed bug in the family Rhyparochromidae. It has a broad distribution spanning Africa, Europe and Northern Asia (excluding China), North America, and Southern Asia. The species was first described by Linnaeus in 1758. Two subspecies have been recognized: the nominate T. a. arenarius and T. a. elengantulus described by Kiritshenko and Scudder in 1973.

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