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Genus Neacoryphus

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)

Suborder Heteroptera (True Bugs)

Infraorder Pentatomomorpha

Superfamily Lygaeoidea

Family Lygaeidae (Seed Bugs)

Subfamily Lygaeinae

Genus Neacoryphus

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

most spp. treated as Neacoryphus in (1) have been moved to Melacoryphus

Explanation of Names

Neacoryphus Scudder 1965

Greek nea 'new' + coryphus 'helmeted'(2)

Numbers

a single species in our area, 5 spp. total(3)

Size

7‒9 mm(4)

Range

so. Canada to so. Brazil(4)

Works Cited

1.	Catalog of the Heteroptera, or True Bugs of Canada and the Continental United States Thomas J. Henry, Richard C. Froeschner. 1988. Brill Academic Publishers.

2.	A Dictionary of Entomology George Gordh, David H. Headrick. 2003. CABI Publishing.

3.	Dellapé P.M., Henry T.J. (2016) Lygaeoidea species file. Version 5.0

4.	A Genus Level Revision of Western Hemisphere Lygaeinae (Heteroptera: Lygaeidae) with Keys to Species Alex Slater. 1992. University of Kansas Science Bulletin.

Contributed by Cotinis on 3 June, 2004 - 4:47pm
Additional contributions by Hannah Nendick-Mason, Mike Quinn, v belov, onegunah
Last updated 4 November, 2023 - 2:11pm

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