Scantius

This article is about genus of red bugs. For Romans named Scantius, see Scantia gens.

Genus of true bugs

Scantius

Scantius aegyptius
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Hemiptera
Suborder:  | Heteroptera
Family:  | Pyrrhocoridae
Genus:  | Scantius
Stål, 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

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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

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

## Further reading

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* Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico (2nd ed.). CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9.
* Aukema, Berend; Rieger, Christian, eds. (2001). Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region, vol. 4: Pentatomorpha I: Aradidae, Lygaeidae, Piesmatidae, Malcidae, Berytidae, Colobathristidae, Largidae, Pyrrhocoridae. The Netherlands Entomological Society. ISBN 90-71912-21-3.
* Blatchley, W.S. (1926). Heteroptera, or true bugs of eastern North America, with especial reference to the faunas of Indiana and Florida. Nature Publishing. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.6871.
* Henry, Thomas J.; Froeschner, Richard C., eds. (1988). Catalog of the Heteroptera, or True Bugs, of Canada and the Continental United States. E. J. Brill. ISBN 0-916846-44-X.
* Walker, Francis (1871). Catalogue of the Specimens of Hemiptera Heteroptera in the Collection of the British Museum, pt. IV. British Museum. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.9254.

## External links

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

Taxon identifiers

Scantius|

* Wikidata: Q21334128
* Wikispecies: Scantius
* BOLD: 965638
* BugGuide: 299938
* Fauna Europaea (new): 45f1a8b7-24fa-495f-9c53-e9d151bc4e52
* GBIF: 9144495
* iNaturalist: 210138
* NCBI: 1577218
* Open Tree of Life: 3473346
* Plazi: 7758064D-F466-E334-2CA0-1E16FE65FAA7

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