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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Pentatomomorpha » Lygaeoidea » Seed Bugs (Lygaeidae) » Lygaeinae » Oncopeltus » subgenus Erythrischius (Oncopeltus subgenus Erythrischius) » Oncopeltus cingulifer

Species Oncopeltus cingulifer

Classification · Explanation of Names · Range · Works Cited
Large Milkweed bug - small size - Oncopeltus cingulifer Large Milkweed Bug - Oncopeltus cingulifer large milkweed bug - Oncopeltus cingulifer large milkweed bug - Oncopeltus cingulifer Nymph - Oncopeltus cingulifer bugs - Oncopeltus cingulifer beetle on milkweed - Oncopeltus cingulifer Yard bug #2 - Oncopeltus cingulifer
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 Oncopeltus
No Taxon (subgenus Erythrischius)
Species cingulifer (Oncopeltus cingulifer)
Explanation of Names
Oncopeltus cingulifer Stål 1874
Range
FL peninsula, southmost TX to S.America(1)
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.
Contributed by v belov on 8 June, 2020 - 2:58pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 22 January, 2025 - 8:02pm

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