Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)
Suborder Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Infraorder Cimicomorpha
Superfamily Cimicoidea
Family Lyctocoridae
Genus Lyctocoris
No Taxon (subgenus Lyctocoris)
Species campestris (Lyctocoris campestris)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Nesidiocheilus hawaiiensis Kirkaldy 1902
Explanation of Names
Lyctocoris campestris (Fabricius 1794)
campestris = 'of fields'
Size
3.8-4.8 mm
Identification
ferruginous, shining, legs testaceous; hemelytra slightly shorter and narrower than the abdomen; membranous portion transparent, apex broadly fuscous
Range
cosmopolitan, native probably to w. Palaearctic(1); in our area, e. NA (so. Canada to UT-TX-FL)(2)
Habitat
semi-domestic; common in granaries, houses, haystacks, bird/mammal nests(3); often associated with domestic animals, stored-grain, and other products(4)
Remarks
earliest record in our area: 1852 [as Xylocoris americanus](4)
Alien terrestrial arthropods of Europe Roques A., Kenis M., Lees D., Lopez-Vaamonde C., Rabitsch W., Rasplus J.-Y., Roy D., eds. 2010. BioRisk 4 Special Issue; 2 vols., 1028 pp.