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Species Xyonysius californicus - California False Chinch Bug

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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

Species californicus (California False Chinch Bug)

Other Common Names

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Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Xyonysius californicus (Stål)

Orig. Comb: Nysius californicus Stål 1859

Size

4.7-7 mm(2)

Range

so. Canada (transcontinental) to Argentina; W. Indies - Map (2)(3)(4), mostly s. Great Plains and s. Rocky Mtns states

Life Cycle

common on trees in Mar-Apr in c. TX(5)

Works Cited

1.	Thesaurus of agricultural organisms: pests, weeds and diseases Derwent Publications (compilers/eds.). 1990. London: Chapman and Hall, 2 vols, 2368 pp.

2.	The Lygaeidae of Florida (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae). Slater & Baranowski. 1990. Florida Dept. of Ag. and Consumer Services, Gainesville. xv + 211 pp.

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.

4.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

5.	Abundance and distribution of potential arthropod prey species in a typical Golden-cheeked Warbler habitat. Quinn, M.A. 2000. Unpublished Thesis. Texas A&M University, College Station. ix + 182 pp.

Contributed by v belov on 18 April, 2009 - 7:13pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 16 February, 2023 - 12:49pm

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