Genus Xyonysius

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

Mataguay Seed Bug - Xyonysius californicus

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 Orsillinae

Genus Xyonysius

Explanation of Names

Xyonysius Ashlock & Lattin 1963

Numbers

3 spp. in our area, 8 total(1)

Range

so. Canada (BC-ON)(2) to Argentina & Chile(1); in our area X. adjunctor AZ to sw. TX; X. basalis FL; X. californicus across NA(3)

Remarks

our only representative of the tribe Metrargini Kirkaldy 1902, that contains a total of 11 genera(1)

Works Cited

1.	Dellapé P.M., Henry T.J. (2016‒) Lygaeoidea species file

2.	Checklist of the Hemiptera of Canada and Alaska Maw, H.E.L., R.G. Foottit, K.G.A. Hamilton and G.G.E. Scudder. 2000. NRC Research Press.

3.	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 April, 2009 - 7:37pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 15 July, 2023 - 12:47pm

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