#4040 · 🦗 bugs, crickets & other insects
Rhombic Leatherbug
🇳🇱 Ruitrandwants ·Syromastus rhombeus
🦗 Bugs, crickets & other insects 📍 in the Netherlands
📍 Herkenbosch, Limburg, NL
📍 6102 XW Echt, Nederland
📍 Ameland, Nes, Friesland, NL
📍 Maasvlakte, Maasvlakte Rotterdam, Nederland
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Nikolai Vladimirov · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Sarah Gregg · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 3. © Roman Prokhorov · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Roman Prokhorov · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © Sara Arnold · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 6. © skyrk · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Herkenbosch, Limburg, NL:© Tijs Lindeboom · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. 6102 XW Echt, Nederland:© Pierre · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Ameland, Nes, Friesland, NL:© strooboer · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Maasvlakte, Maasvlakte Rotterdam, Nederland:© Paul G. Schrijvershof · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
what is it?
Syromastus rhombeus , sometimes called the "rhombic leatherbug" is a species of European bugs in the family Coreidae, tribe Coreini.
base stats
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 68 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 4,879 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1767 (259 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Rhombic Leatherbug
- Nederlands
- Ruitrandwants
- scientific name
- Syromastus rhombeus
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Hemiptera
- family
- Coreidae
- sightings in NL
- 68
- sightings in Europe
- 4,498
- sightings worldwide
- 4,879
- GBIF records in NL
- 4,083
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1767
relatives· Coreidae
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🇳🇱 Zuringrandwants
Coreus marginatus
👀 1.5k in NL
#3949 📷 9Western Conifer Seed Bug
🇳🇱 Bladpootrandwants
Leptoglossus occidentalis
👀 1k in NL
#3956 📷 10Box Bug
🇳🇱 Smalle randwants
Gonocerus acuteangulatus
👀 519 in NL
#4172 📷 8Acanthocephala terminalis
Acanthocephala terminalis
🌍 53.4k seen
#4184 📷 7Eastern Leaf-footed Bug
Leptoglossus phyllopus
🌍 27.8k seen
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 559670, Wikidata Q2148259, GBIF 4388663, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.