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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

Superfamily Lygaeoidea

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Identification · Range · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Some kind of Beetle ( I think) - Lygaeus kalmii

Oncopeltus fasciatus - Large Milkweed Bug - Oncopeltus fasciatus

Hemipteran - Pseudopachybrachius basalis

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

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

up-to-date taxonomy in (1)

most of the families included here (Artheneidae, Blissidae, Cymidae, Geocoridae, Heterogastridae, Ninidae, Oxycarenidae, Pachygronthidae, Rhyparochromidae, and 3 minor exotic families) used to be treated as subfamilies of Lygaeidae

Numbers

ca. 340 spp. in >100 genera of 12 families in our area, ~4,300 spp. in >700 genera of 15 families worldwide(1)(2); the vast majority of families are still treated sometimes as parts of Lygaeidae(3)(4)

Identification

best illustrated keys to most NA genera in (3); keys to Prairie Province spp. in (5)

Rostrum with 4 segments. Tarsi with 3 segments. Hemelytral membrane with 4 or 5 simple veins arising from base. Ocelli usually present.

Range

Worldwide

Food

Mostly seed- and sap-feeders; a few are predators(2)

Print References

Slater, J.A. 1964. A Catalogue of the Lygaeidae of the World. Vol. I & II. University of Connecticut, Storrs.

Slater, J.A. & J.E. O’Donnell. 1995. A Catalogue of the Lygaeidae of the World (1960-1994). New York Entomological Society, New York.

Henry, T.J. & R.C. Froeschner. 1998. Catalog of the Stilt bugs, or Berytidae, of the World (Insecta: Hemiptera: Heteroptera). Contributions of the American Entomological Institute 30(4): 1-72

(6)(7)

Internet References

Texas Lygaeoidea (Quinn 2019)

Lygaeoidea Species File - LSF

Works Cited

1.	Dellapé P.M., Henry T.J. (2016) Lygaeoidea species file. Version 5.0

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.

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

4.	Phylogenetic analysis of family groups within the infraorder Pentatomomorpha (Heteroptera), with emphasis on the Lygaeoidea Henry T.J. 1997. Ann. Ent. Soc. Amer. 90: 275-301.

5.	Seed Bugs and their allies (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Lygaeoidea) of the Canadian Prairie Provinces David J. Larson, G.G.E. Scudder. 2018. Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification, 34.

6.	New distribution records for United States Lygaeoidea (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) Scudder G.G.E. 2010. J. Ent. Soc. B.C. 107: 83-84.

7.	Seed Bugs of Virginia (Heteroptera: Lygaeidae) Richard L. Hoffman. 1996. Virginia Museum of Natural History.

Contributed by v belov on 24 December, 2009 - 4:54pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Arturo Santos
Last updated 26 January, 2023 - 1:18pm

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