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Coptosoma scutellatum
Coptosoma scutellatum (soot sprite) is a species of true bugs belonging to the family Plataspidae, subfamily Plataspinae.
From the article Coptosoma scutellatum on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
Coptosoma scutellatum can reach a size of about 4–5 mm. These small true bugs are almost spherical or trapezoidal in shape and shiny deep black, sometimes with green, blue or bronze gloss. The side edges of the abdomen are yellow. The scutellum covers the abdomen and the tarsus is bipartite.
Range & habitat
This species can be found in most of southern Europe and it is widespread from North Africa to Siberia, China, Korea and Japan. In Europe it is missing in the British Isles. It is one of the four European species of Coptosoma, most of other being restricted to Asia and Ethiopia.
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 470124.