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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Pentatomomorpha » Pyrrhocoroidea » Bordered Plant Bugs (Largidae) » Largini » Largus » Largus cinctus

Species Largus cinctus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Life Cycle · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Works Cited

red and black bordered plant bug - Largus cinctus

Mottled orange and black bug - Largus cinctus

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 Pyrrhocoroidea

Family Largidae (Bordered Plant Bugs)

Tribe Largini

Genus Largus

Species cinctus (Largus cinctus)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Euryophthalmus cinctus (H.-S.)

Size

13-17 mm ((1))

Identification

A western species, similar to L. succinctus Linnaeus, but coxae, trochanters, and proximal ends of femora all red to yellow-orange (in succinctus only the trochanters and proximal ends of femora are orange to orange-red) [From the key by Halstead (1970; see reference below)]

Range

Western North America from British Columbia to southern Mexico, and east to central Texas (from Halstead; see reference below)

Life Cycle

The most detailed account is on the closely related species L. californicus (Van Duzee), by Carey C. Booth (see reference below)

Remarks

The genus Largus is being reviewed by Schaefer & Ahmad (in preparation)

See Also

Largus succinctus

Largus californicus

Print References

Booth, Carey L. 1990. Biology of Largus californicus (Hemiptera: Largidae). The Southwestern Naturalist 35(1):15-22.

Schaefer, Carl W., Panizzi, Antonio Ricardo (eds.).2000. Heteroptera of Economic Importance. pp.291-292 on Largus spp., by Schaefer and Ahmad.

p.125 in Evans (1)

pp.120-121 in Eaton & Kaufman (2)

Halstead, Thomas F. 1970. A New Species of the Genus Largus Hahn With a Key to the Species of the Genus in the Southwestern United States. Pan-Pac. Entomol. 46(1):45-46. PDF at BHL

Halstead, Thomas F. 1972. Notes on the Synonymy in Largus Hahn with a Key to United States Species. Pan-Pac. Entomol.48(4):246-248. PDF at BHL

Works Cited

1.	National Wildlife Federation Field Guide to Insects and Spiders & Related Species of North America Arthur V. Evans. 2007. Sterling.

2.	Kaufman Field Guide to Insects of North America Eric Eaton, Kenn Kaufman. 2006. Houghton Mifflin.

Contributed by Hartmut Wisch on 26 January, 2007 - 10:26pm
Additional contributions by Aaron Schusteff
Last updated 3 January, 2020 - 8:03pm

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