Graphosoma Laporte

Type Species: Cimex nigrolineatus Fabricius, 1781 (= Cimex lineatus Linnaeus, 1758), by subsequent designation (Reuter, 1888).

Included Species:
alkani Lodos, 1959
consimile Horváth, 1903
     consimile var. personatum Horváth, 1903 [color form]
     consimile var. rubrum Kiritshenko, 1914 [color form]
interruptum White, 1839
lineatum (Linnaeus, 1758)
     italicum Müller, 1766 [junior synonym]
     nigrolineatum (Fabricius, 1781) [unnecessary new name]
     schangini Gebler, 1817 [junior synonym]
     flavipes Mulsant & Rey, 1865 [junior synonym]
     lineatum var. reductum Horváth, 1901 [color form]
     italicum var. ochraceum Royer, 1925 [color form]
     italicum var. obscurum Štěpánek, 1926 [color form]
     italicum var. soosi Halászfy, 1953 [color form]
     italicum var. nigriscutellatum Halászfy, 1955 [color form]
     italicum var. flavolineatum Halászfy, 1955 [color form]
melanoxanthum Horváth, 1903
rubrolineatum (Westwood, 1837)
     semilineatum (Lichtenstein, 1796) [nomen oblitum]
     crassa Motschulsky, 1861 [junior synonym]
semipunctatum (Fabricius, 1775)
     wilsoni White, 1839 [junior synonym]
     semipunctatum var. persica (Ferrari, 1874) [junior synonym]
     semipunctatum var. decipiens Ferrari, 1892 [color form]
     semipunctatum var. pallidum Bergevin, 1909 [color form]
     semipunctatum var. melanicum Bergevin, 1909 [color form]
     semipunctatum var. subaequale Horváth, 1909 [color form]
     semipunctatum var. anceps Horváth, 1909 [color form]
     creticum Horváth, 1909 [junior synonym]
     creticum var. hemistictum Horváth, 1909 [color form]
     semipunctatum var. furciferum Royer, 1909 [color form]
     semipunctatum var. incompletum Fuente, 1918 [color form]
     semipunctatum var. uniseriatum Fuente, 1925 [color form]
     semipunctatum var. contextum Hoberlandt, 1939 [color form]
     semipunctatum var. confluens Hoberlandt, 1939 [color form]
     semipunctatum var. balcanicum Hoberlandt, 1939 [color form]
     semipunctatum var. confutum Hoberlandt, 1939 [color form]
stali Horváth, 1882

1 Longitudinal, black stripes on pronotum interrupted, forming transverse rows of spots; the longitudinal, lateral black stripes of the scutellum are submarginal, so lateral margins of scutellum are red; lateral margins of connexiva entirely red or yellow, sometimes only narrowly so	2
- Longitudinal, black stripes on pronotum not interrupted; the longitudinal, lateral black stripes of the scutellum are marginal, so lateral margins of scutellum are black; lateral margins of connexiva alternating black and red or yellow	4

2(1) Lateral margin of each evaporative area with two black spots, sometimes coalescing to form one elongate curved black spot	3
- Lateral margin of each evaporative area lacking black spots, or with at most a posterolateral black spot only	consimile Horváth

3(2) Lateral margins of connexiva narrowly pale (Canary Islands)	interruptum White
- Lateral margins of connexiva broadly red or yellow (widespread)	semipunctatum (Fabricius)

4(1) Stigmata red or yellow; scutellum with four black marks; Head 1.40-1.45 times as broad as long; genital stylus of male with one tooth	stali Horváth
- Stigmata black; scutellum with four longitudinal black bands, which are rarely shortened; head 1.2 (1.15-1.30) times as broad as long; genital stylus of male with 2-3 points or teeth	5

5(4) Mesial margin of corium, next to scutellum red or yellow; vertex 3.9-5.0 times as broad as an eye; genital stylus of male with two teeth.	lineatum (Linnaeus)
- Mesial margin of corium, next to scutellum black, at least to basal angle; vertex at least 5.5 times as broad as an eye; genital stylus of male with two or three points or teeth	6

6(5) Smaller, 10-11 mm in length; yellow with black markings; metapleuron with black mark posterior to evaporative area; genital stylus of male with two pointed teeth	melanoxanthum Horváth
- Larger, over 12 mm in length; red with black markings; metapleuron with oblong black mark next to evaporative area; genital stylus of male with one tooth and two points	rubrolineatum (Westwood)

Tribal Placement: This genus serves as the type genus for the tribe Graphosomatini in the subfamily Podopinae.