Global InformationArocatus melanocephalus information
| Arocatus melanocephalus | |
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| Illustration accompanying J. Guérin and J. Péneau's 1905 redescription[1] | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Family: | Lygaeidae |
| Genus: | Arocatus |
| Species: | A. melanocephalus
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| Binomial name | |
| Arocatus melanocephalus (Fabricius, 1798)
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Arocatus melanocephalus, the elm seed bug, is a true bug 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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