The Lygaeidae are a family in the Hemiptera (true bugs), with more than 110 genera in four subfamilies. The family is commonly referred to as seed bugs...
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than 1⁄8 inch) North American insect in the order Hemiptera and family Lygaeidae. They are grey to brown in color, with largely transparent wings, and...
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Lygaeus equestris (category Lygaeidae)
black-and-red-bug, is a species of ground bugs belonging to the family Lygaeidae, subfamily Lygaeinae. Subspecies include: Lygaeus equestris equestris...
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These 114 genera belong to the family Lygaeidae, seed bugs. There are at least 980 described species in Lygaeidae. Aborsillus Barber, 1954 Acanthocrompus...
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Lygaeus kalmii (category Lygaeidae)
milkweed bug or common milkweed bug, is a species of seed bug in the family Lygaeidae. It is found in Central and North America. Lygaeus kalmii was first formally...
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Lygaeus turcicus (category Lygaeidae)
turcicus, the false milkweed bug, is a species of seed bug in the family Lygaeidae. It is found in Eastern North America. The false milkweed bug is widely...
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Melacoryphus (category Lygaeidae)
Melacoryphus is a genus of seed bugs in the family Lygaeidae. There are about 11 described species in Melacoryphus, found in Central and North America...
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Nysius is a genus of false chinch bugs in the family Lygaeidae. At least 100 described species are placed in Nysius. Like other seed bugs, some species...
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American Entomologist, specializing in Heteroptera (true bugs) in the Family Lygaeidae, who erected the genus Melacoryphus. As son of entomologist James A. Slater...
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Cryptorhamphidae Cymidae Geocoridae Henicocoridae Heterogastridae Idiostolidae Lygaeidae (milkweed bugs, true seed bugs) Malcidae Ninidae Oxycarenidae Pachygronthidae...
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Arocatus melanocephalus (category Lygaeidae)
Arocatus melanocephalus, the elm seed bug, is a true bug in the family Lygaeidae. The species was initially described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1798...
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"color". The Rhyparochromidae were previously classified as a subfamily of Lygaeidae. The family Rhyparochromidae has two subfamilies, Plinthisinae with only...
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Oxycarenus lavaterae (category Lygaeidae)
common name lime seed bug, is a species of ground bug of the family Lygaeidae, subfamily Oxycareninae. Historically it was mainly found in the Mediterranean...
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Cryptorhamphidae Cymidae Geocoridae Henicocoridae Heterogastridae Idiostolidae Lygaeidae (milkweed bugs, true seed bugs) Malcidae Ninidae Oxycarenidae Pachygronthidae...
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Spilostethus pandurus (category Lygaeidae)
Spilostethus pandurus is a species of "seed bugs" belonging to the family Lygaeidae, subfamily Lygaeinae. The species was described in 1763 by Scopoli in...
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Kleidocerys resedae (category Lygaeidae)
resedae, the birch catkin bug, is a species of seed bug in the family Lygaeidae. It is found in Europe and Northern Asia (excluding China) and North America...
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are primarily phytophagous, such as the genus Geocoris in the family Lygaeidae. Other hemipterans are omnivores, alternating between a plant-based and...
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which are crop pests. They are often confused with bugs in the family Lygaeidae, but can be distinguished by the lack of ocelli on the head, and they...
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Melacoryphus lateralis (category Lygaeidae)
(July 1988). "A New Genus and Two New Species of Lygaeinae (Heteroptera: Lygaeidae)". Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 61 (3). Kansas (Central...
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huttoni, the wheat bug, is a species of seed bug, an insect in the family Lygaeidae. It was formerly endemic to New Zealand, but was introduced to Europe...
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Hemiptera (order) Pentatomomorpha (infraorder) Lygaeoidea (superfamily) Lygaeidae (family) various genera various species Rhyparochromidae (family) various...
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Nysius fuscovittatus is a species of seed bug in the family Lygaeidae. It is found in North America. "Nysius fuscovittatus Report". Integrated Taxonomic...
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Xyonysius californicus (category Lygaeidae)
the California false chinch bug, is a species of seed bug in the family Lygaeidae. It is found in the Caribbean Sea, Central America, North America, and...
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Oncopeltus zonatus (category Lygaeidae)
Oncopeltus zonatus is a species of seed bug in the family Lygaeidae, found in the Neotropics in Guiana, Peru, and Chile. Oncopeltus zonatus is a terrestrial...
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Oncopeltus (category Lygaeidae)
Oncopeltus is a genus of seed bugs in the family Lygaeidae, which has at least 40 described species. These 40 species belong to the genus Oncopeltus:...
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Oxycarenus hyalinipennis (category Lygaeidae)
name cotton seed bug, is a species of plant bug belonging to the family Lygaeidae, subfamily Oxycareninae. This widespread species can be found in Southern...
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the past the geocorids were subsumed as a subfamily under the family "Lygaeidae"). Commonly known as big-eyed bugs, the species in Geocoris are beneficial...
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Lygaeus reclivatus (category Lygaeidae)
Lygaeus reclivatus is a species of seed bug in the family Lygaeidae. It is found in Central America and North America. These two subspecies belong to...
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known as "true bugs" or "typical bugs," publishing A Catalogue of the Lygaeidae in 1964. He collected specimens of Rhyparochromidae (Heteroptera) from...
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Cryptorhamphidae Cymidae Geocoridae Henicocoridae Heterogastridae Idiostolidae Lygaeidae (milkweed bugs, true seed bugs) Malcidae Ninidae Oxycarenidae Pachygronthidae...
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