Stictopleurus minutus is a small East Asian scentless plant bug with partly clear wings and a brownish body about 0.24 in (6 mm) long. The shallow loops just behind its head help with identification, but close relatives can look similar. No established U.S. population is known.

Appearance

Appearance
The head and are brownish ochre with tiny dark pits. Two ring-like impressions near the front of the pronotum remain open at the front, and the wing membrane is transparent.

Where it lives

Range
Published records place it in China, Japan, Korea, Mongolia, and Taiwan. No established U.S. population is known.

Name and classification

About the name
Older authors treated it as a of Stictopleurus punctatonervosus or as the same species. A 1993 revision recognized it as a separate species.

Conservation

IUCN Red List
NENot EvaluatedNot yet assessed
11 sources
  1. iNaturalist Taxon API: Stictopleurus minutus
  2. GBIF Species Match: Stictopleurus minutus
  3. 국가생물종목록 Ⅲ. 곤충
  4. 제주생물종다양성연구소 표본: 점흑다리잡초노린재
  5. Catalogue of the Coreidae in the Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie, Part I
  6. Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region, Volume 5
  7. 第7回自然環境保全基礎調査 愛媛県昆虫類調査
  8. NatureSpot: Stictopleurus punctatonervosus
  9. 国土交通省昆虫類確認種一覧
  10. NatureSpot: Liorhyssus hyalinus
  11. British Bugs: Rhopalus maculatus
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