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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 » Lygaeus

Genus Lygaeus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Range · Remarks · Works Cited
orange / black beetle - Lygaeus Small Milkweed Bug - Lygaeus kalmii false milkweed bugs - Lygaeus turcicus - male - female Lygaeus kalmii - Lygaeus kalmii Lygaeidae? - Lygaeus turcicus Nymph, Lygaeus kalmii? - Lygaeus false milkweed bug - Lygaeus turcicus False milkweed bug - Lygaeus turcicus - Lygaeus turcicus
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 Lygaeus
Explanation of Names
Lygaeus Fabricius 1794
Numbers
6-7 spp. in our area(1)(BG data), 16 in the New World(2), 70 total(3)
Size
6.5-13.0 mm(2)
Range
worldwide except Australian Region(2)
Remarks
Lygaeus seem to be somewhat solitary and are frequently photographed singly or in mating pairs, whereas Oncopeltus are often seen in colonies, especially in the nymphal stage.
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.A Genus Level Revision of Western Hemisphere Lygaeinae (Heteroptera: Lygaeidae) with Keys to Species
Alex Slater. 1992. University of Kansas Science Bulletin.
3.Dellapé P.M., Henry T.J. (2016) Lygaeoidea species file. Version 5.0
Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Beatriz Moisset, Lynette Elliott, Chuck Entz, Mike Quinn, v belov, Harsi S. Parker
Last updated 17 July, 2019 - 11:42am

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