{{Short description|Genus of true bugs}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Taphropeltus contractus (Lygaeidae) - (imago), Molenhoek, the Netherlands.jpg |image_caption = ''Taphropeltus contractus'' |taxon = Taphropeltus |authority = Stal, 1872 |synonyms = }}
'''''Taphropeltus''''' is a genus of seed bugs belonging to the family Rhyparochromidae;<ref name=GBIF>{{cite web |title=Taphropeltus Stal, 1872 |url=https://www.gbif.org/species/4405310 |website=www.gbif.org |access-date=22 November 2025 |language=en}}</ref> some species have been placed previously in ''Notochilus'' (also in trbe Drymini).<ref name=LSF/>
The species of this genus are found in Europe and the Middle East.<ref name=GBIF/>
==Species== The ''Lygaeoidea Species File''<ref name=LSF>[https://lygaeoidea.speciesfile.org/otus/920511/overview Lygaeoidea Species File: genus ''Taphropeltus'' Stål, 1872] (retrieved 21 November 2025)</ref> includes: # ''Taphropeltus andrei'' {{Au|(Puton, 1877)}} # ''Taphropeltus contractus'' {{Au|(Herrich-Schaeffer, 1835)}} # ''Taphropeltus hamulatus'' {{Au|(Thomson, 1870)}} - '''type species''' (by subsequent designation) # ''Taphropeltus nervosus'' {{Au|(Fieber, 1861)}} # ''Taphropeltus ornatus'' {{Au|Linnavuori, 1978}}
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Category:Hemiptera of Europe Category:Drymini Category:Hemiptera genera Category:Taxa named by Carl Stål