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Genus Neolygus

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 Cimicomorpha

Superfamily Miroidea

Family Miridae (Plant Bugs)

Subfamily Mirinae

Tribe Mirini

Genus Neolygus

Explanation of Names

Neolygus Knight 1917

Numbers

~40 spp. in NA, >110 total(1)

Range

holarctic

Works Cited

1.	Schuh, R.T. 2002-2013. On-line Systematic Catalog of Plant Bugs (Insecta: Heteroptera: Miridae).

Contributed by john and jane balaban on 7 December, 2008 - 4:53pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov, onegunah
Last updated 13 March, 2016 - 4:00pm

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