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Tribe Largini

Bordered Plant Bug - Largus californicus What type of bug is this? A Largus Bug? - Largus succinctus Another Unknown Hemipteran - Largus lots of little beetles on grass What are these please - Largus 8710 - Largus Largus Aphid-like bug - Largus Largus succinctus just born nymphs (used for article on Rearing) - Largus succinctus
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 Pyrrhocoroidea
Family Largidae (Bordered Plant Bugs)
Tribe Largini
Numbers
~15 spp. (probably less) in 2 genera in our area, >130 spp. in 9 genera total(1)
Range
mostly neotropical, ranging into so US, with one sp. north to NY-MN and one to OR (the remaining spp. mostly confined to the southernmost states)(1)(2)
Remarks
the CA record of Acinocoris lunaris (Gmelin) in(2) probably reflects an accidental interception
Works Cited
1.Revisión del género Largus (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Largidae) para México
Carlos Rosas, Harry Brailovsky. 2016. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87, 347-375.
2.Catalog of the Heteroptera, or True Bugs of Canada and the Continental United States
Thomas J. Henry, Richard C. Froeschner. 1988. Brill Academic Publishers.
Contributed by v belov on 3 February, 2019 - 2:21pm
Last updated 3 February, 2019 - 4:38pm

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