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Red fungus bug

Achilus flammeus Kirby, 1818

Status not recordedinsects

The red fungus bug (Achilus flammeus) is a species in the family Achilidae, order Hemiptera. Source checklists list it for 1 country: New Zealand.

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Quick facts about the red fungus bug

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 the red fungus bug 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.

The red fungus bug is listed for 1 country.

New Zealand
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. New Zealand

Why a country list is not a range map

Is the red fungus bug 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 the red fungus bug classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHemiptera
  5. familyAchilidae
  6. genusAchilus
  7. SpeciesAchilus flammeus Kirby, 1818

Synonyms Achilus flammei, Cixius flammeus, Flata flammea

Other names and names in other languages (1)
  • Red fingernail bugEnglish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the red fungus bug

Other species in the same genus Achilus.

CompareRed fungus bug vs Achilus costalis

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the red fungus bug live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the red fungus bug for 1 country: New Zealand. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the red fungus bug?

The red fungus bug (Achilus flammeus) belongs to the family Achilidae in the order Hemiptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

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

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Red fungus bug (Achilus flammeus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/red-fungus-bug

MLA

“Red fungus bug (Achilus flammeus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/red-fungus-bug.

BibTeX
@misc{red_fungus_bug_2026,
  title = {Red fungus bug (Achilus flammeus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/red-fungus-bug},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}