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Species Ligyrocoris barberi

Ligyrocoris barberi Sweet - Ligyrocoris barberi Dirt colored seed bug with red and white - Ligyrocoris barberi Dirt colored seed bug with red and white - Ligyrocoris barberi
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 Rhyparochromidae (Dirt-colored Seed Bugs)
Subfamily Rhyparochrominae
Tribe Myodochini
Genus Ligyrocoris
Species barberi (Ligyrocoris barberi)
Explanation of Names
Ligyrocoris barberi Sweet 1986
Size
~4.5 mm(1)
Range
se US (NC-FL to KS-TX) (1)(2)
Remarks
Type Locality: Texas
Print References
Sweet, M.H. (1986) Ligyrocoris barberi (Heteroptera: Lygaeidae) a new seedbug from the southeastern United States with a discussion of its ecology life cycle, and reproductive isolation. J. N.Y. Entomol. Soc. 94: 281–290.
Works Cited
1.Ligyrocoris barberi (Heteroptera: Lygaeidae), a new seedbug from the southeastern United States...
Sweet M.H. 1986. J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. 94: 281-290.
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.