title: Spilostethus
text: # Spilostethus
  
  Spilostethus is a genus of bugs in the family Lygaeidae (seed bugs). Most species in this genus are from the Palearctic and Oriental regions.
  
  ## Species
  
  These species belong to the genus Spilostethus:
  
  * Spilostethus altivolens Linnavuori, 1978
  * Spilostethus amaenus (Bolivar, 1879)
  * Spilostethus campbelli (Distant, 1918)
  * Spilostethus consanguineus (Montandon, 1893)
  * Spilostethus crudelis Fabricius, 1781
  * Spilostethus decoratus (Stål, 1867)
  * Spilostethus furcula (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1850)
  * Spilostethus hospes (Fabricius, 1794) (darth maul bug)
  * Spilostethus lemniscatus (Stål, 1855)
  * Spilostethus longiceps Linnavuori, 1978
  * Spilostethus longulus (Dallas, 1852)
  * Spilostethus macilentus Stål, 1874
  * Spilostethus merui Scudder, 1962
  * Spilostethus mimus (Stål, 1865)
  * Spilostethus montislunae Bergroth, 1914
  * Spilostethus nasalis (Gerstaecker, 1873)
  * Spilostethus pacificus (Boisduval, 1835)
  * Spilostethus pandurus (Scopoli, 1763) type species (as Cimex militaris Fabricius JC = S. pandurus militaris) - Europe
  * Spilostethus rivularis (Germar, 1837) (brooklet milkweed bug)
  * Spilostethus rubriceps (Horvath, 1899)
  * Spilostethus saxatilis (Scopoli, 1763)
  * Spilostethus stehliki Deckert, 2013
  * Spilostethus taeniatus (Stål, 1865)
  * Spilostethus trilineatus (Fabricius, 1794)
  