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Elasmostethus emeritus

Status not recordedinsects

Elasmostethus emeritus is a species in the family Acanthosomatidae, order Hemiptera. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia.

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Quick facts about Elasmostethus emeritus

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does Elasmostethus emeritus live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

Elasmostethus emeritus is listed for 1 country.

Australia
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. Australia

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Elasmostethus emeritus endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is Elasmostethus emeritus classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHemiptera
  5. familyAcanthosomatidae
  6. genusElasmostethus
  7. SpeciesElasmostethus emeritus (Fabricius, 1775)

Synonyms Cimex emeritus, Elasmucha emerita

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Elasmostethus emeritus

Other species in the same genus Elasmostethus.

Birch shieldbug

Elasmostethus interstinctus

AcanthosomatidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does Elasmostethus emeritus live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Elasmostethus emeritus for 1 country: Australia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Elasmostethus emeritus?

Elasmostethus emeritus (Elasmostethus emeritus) belongs to the family Acanthosomatidae in the order Hemiptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-13. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Elasmostethus emeritus (Elasmostethus emeritus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/elasmostethus-emeritus

MLA

“Elasmostethus emeritus (Elasmostethus emeritus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/elasmostethus-emeritus.

BibTeX
@misc{elasmostethus_emeritus_2026,
  title = {Elasmostethus emeritus (Elasmostethus emeritus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/elasmostethus-emeritus},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-13}
}