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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 » Oncopeltus » subgenus Erythrischius (Oncopeltus subgenus Erythrischius)

subgenus Erythrischius

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Works Cited
Milkweed marauders - Oncopeltus fasciatus Red Bug Nymphs - Oncopeltus fasciatus a really red one - Oncopeltus fasciatus - male Oncopeltus fasciatus - female Oncopeltus fasciatus Oncopeltus fasciatus Large Milkweed Bug - Oncopeltus fasciatus Oncopeltus fasciatus moult from 4th to 5th instar - Oncopeltus fasciatus
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 Oncopeltus
No Taxon subgenus Erythrischius
Explanation of Names
Erythrischius Stål 1874
Numbers
3-4 spp. in our area, 10 total(1)(2)(3)(4)
Range
New World (so. Canada to so. Argentina)(1)
Works Cited
1.A Genus Level Revision of Western Hemisphere Lygaeinae (Heteroptera: Lygaeidae) with Keys to Species
Alex Slater. 1992. University of Kansas Science Bulletin.
2.Dellapé P.M., Henry T.J. (2016‒) Lygaeoidea species file
3.Nomina Insecta Nearctica
Poole, Robert W. Nearctica.com, Inc.
4.The Lygaeidae of Florida (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae).
Slater & Baranowski. 1990. Florida Dept. of Ag. and Consumer Services, Gainesville. xv + 211 pp.
Contributed by v belov on 25 October, 2012 - 8:49pm
Additional contributions by PaleoJon
Last updated 23 December, 2024 - 2:46am

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