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#4080 · 🦗 bugs, crickets & other insects

banded rhopalid

🇳🇱 Grijze glasvleugelwants ·Stictopleurus punctatonervosus

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banded rhopalid, photo 1 of 10
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what is it?

Stictopleurus punctatonervosus is a species of scentless plant bugs belonging to the family Rhopalidae, subfamily Rhopalinae.

base stats

  • NL sightings 33iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 4,869iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

  • Spotted 33 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
  • 4,869 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
  • Scientifically named by Johann August Ephraim Goeze in 1778 (248 years ago).

fact sheet

English
banded rhopalid
Nederlands
Grijze glasvleugelwants
scientific name
Stictopleurus punctatonervosus
class
Insecta
order
Hemiptera
family
Rhopalidae
sightings in NL
33
sightings in Europe
1,686
sightings worldwide
4,869
GBIF records in NL
2,060
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—
named
1778 by Johann August Ephraim Goeze

relatives· Rhopalidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 194643, Wikidata Q1393970, GBIF 4391843, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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