Spilostethus hospes
| Spilostethus hospes | |
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| Spilostethus hospes, darth maul bug | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Family: | Lygaeidae |
| Subfamily: | Lygaeinae |
| Genus: | Spilostethus |
| Species: | S. hospes
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| Binomial name | |
| Spilostethus hospes (Fabricius, 1794)
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Spilostethus hospes, the darth maul bug, is a species of seed bug in the family Lygaeidae. It is found in Asia, Australasia, and Oceania.[1][2] Its common name is a reference to the Star Wars character Darth Maul, who shares similar markings.
Ecology[edit]
Females tend to be more frequent than males. To date, only one population of Spilostethus hospes has been identified to carry a male-killing endosymbiotic bacterium.[3] This bacteria has been shown to only kill males in this population, which may be one of the reasons that show a higher frequency of females.
References[edit]
- ^ "Spilostethus hospes". GBIF. Retrieved 2021-10-06.
- ^ Dellapé, Pablo M.; Henry, Thomas J. (2021). "species Spilostethus hospes (Fabricius, 1794)". Lygaeoidea Species File. Retrieved 2021-10-05.
- ^ Burdfield-Steel, Emily R.; Shuker, David M. (2014). "The evolutionary ecology of the Lygaeidae". Ecology and Evolution. 4 (11): 2278–2301. doi:10.1002/ece3.1093. PMC 4201440. PMID 25360267.
External links[edit]
Media related to Spilostethus hospes at Wikimedia Commons
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