Genus Lyctocoris

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Works Cited

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 Cimicoidea

Family Lyctocoridae

Genus Lyctocoris

Explanation of Names

Lyctocoris Hahn 1836

Numbers

8 spp. (incl. one adventive) in 2 subgenera in our area(1) + 20 spp. in the Palaearctic (27 total)(2)

Range

holarctic(2)

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.	Biodiversity of the Heteroptera Henry T.J. 2009. In: Foottit R.G., Adler P.H., eds. Insect biodiversity: Science and society. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell: 223−263.

Contributed by v belov on 23 March, 2009 - 8:03pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 20 March, 2013 - 11:34am

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