Lygaeus

Lygaeus is a genus of seed bugs in the family Lygaeidae. There are at least 70 described species in Lygaeus.[1][2][3][4][5]

Lygaeus turcicus
Lygaeus cruentatus

Lygaeus
Lygaeus equestris
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Family: Lygaeidae
Subfamily: Lygaeinae
Genus: Lygaeus
Fabricius, 1794

Species

These 77 species belong to the genus Lygaeus:

  • Lygaeus alboornatus Blanchard, E., 1852 c g
  • Lygaeus analis Dallas, W.S., 1852 c g
  • Lygaeus argutus Brailovsky, H., 1982 c g
  • Lygaeus arvernus Piton & N. Theobald, 1935 c g
  • Lygaeus ashlocki Brailovsky, H., 1978 c g
  • Lygaeus atavinus Heer, 1853 c g
  • Lygaeus bahamensis Barber, H.G. & P.D. Ashlock, 1960 c g
  • Lygaeus bettoni Distant, W.L., 1901 c g
  • Lygaeus buettikeri Hamid, A. & B.L. Hamid, 1985 c g
  • Lygaeus celasensis Theobald, N., 1937 c g
  • Lygaeus coccineus Barber, H.G., 1923 c g
  • Lygaeus cognatus Walker, F., 1872 c g
  • Lygaeus creticus Lucas, 1854 c g
  • Lygaeus cruentatus Costa, A., 1839 c g
  • Lygaeus dasypus Heer, 1853 c g
  • Lygaeus dearmasi Alayo, 1973 c g
  • Lygaeus degeni Distant, W.L., 1918 c g
  • Lygaeus dellachiaje Hope *, 1847 c g
  • Lygaeus deprehensus Heyden, 1859 c g
  • Lygaeus deucalionis Heer, 1853 c g
  • Lygaeus dichrous Montrouzier, 1855 c g
  • Lygaeus discifer Motschulsky, V., 1863 c g
  • Lygaeus dives Distant, W.L., 1918 c g
  • Lygaeus dohertyi Distant, W.L., 1904 c g
  • Lygaeus elongatiabdominalis Theobald, N., 1937 c g
  • Lygaeus equestris (Linnaeus, 1758) i c g
  • Lygaeus faeculentus Scudder, S.H., 1890 c g
  • Lygaeus flavescens Winkler & I.M. Kerzhner, 1977 c g
  • Lygaeus flavomarginatus Matsumura, 1913 c g
  • Lygaeus formosanus Shiraki, 1913 c g
  • Lygaeus formosus Blanchard, 1840 i
  • Lygaeus froeschneri Brailovsky, H., 1978 c g
  • Lygaeus gracilentus Forster *, 1891 c g
  • Lygaeus gratiosus Forster *, 1891 c g
  • Lygaeus hanseni Jakovlev, B.E., 1883 c g
  • Lygaeus hastatus Fabricius, 1803 g
  • Lygaeus heeri Slater, J.A., 1964 c g
  • Lygaeus inaequalis Walker, F., 1872 c g
  • Lygaeus kalmii Stal, 1874 i c g b (small milkweed bug)
  • Lygaeus leucospilus Walker, F., 1870 c g
  • Lygaeus longiusculus Walker, F., 1872 c g
  • Lygaeus lugubris Montrouzier, 1855 c g
  • Lygaeus melanostolus (Kiritshenko, A.N., 1928) c g
  • Lygaeus multiguttatus Herrich-Schaeffer, G.H.W., 1850 c g
  • Lygaeus murinus (Kiritshenko, A.N., 1913) c g
  • Lygaeus negus Distant, W.L., 1918 c g
  • Lygaeus nugatoria Kelso, 1937 i g
  • Lygaeus obscurellus Theobald, N., 1937 c g
  • Lygaeus obsolescens Scudder, S.H., 1890 c g
  • Lygaeus oppositus Brailovsky, H., 1978 c g
  • Lygaeus oreophilus (Kiritshenko, A.N., 1931) c g
  • Lygaeus pallipes Wolff, 1804 c g
  • Lygaeus peruvianus Brailovsky, H., 1978 c g
  • Lygaeus pubicornis Fabricius, J.C., 1775 c g
  • Lygaeus reclivatus Say, 1825 i c g b
  • Lygaeus scabrosus Fabricius, J.C., 1775 c g
  • Lygaeus sexpustulatus (Fabricius, J.C., 1775) c g
  • Lygaeus signatus Costa, A., 1862 c g
  • Lygaeus simlus Distant, W.L., 1909 c g
  • Lygaeus simulans Deckert, 1985 c g
  • Lygaeus sinensis Reuter, O.M., 1888 c g
  • Lygaeus sipolisi Fallou, 1891 c g
  • Lygaeus sjostedti (Lindberg, H., 1934) c g
  • Lygaeus slateri Gorski, L.J., 1968 c g
  • Lygaeus stabilitus Scudder, S.H., 1890 c g
  • Lygaeus taitensis Guerin, F.E., 1838 c g
  • Lygaeus teraphoides Jakovlev, B.E., 1890 c g
  • Lygaeus tinctus Heer, 1853 c g
  • Lygaeus tristriatus Herrich-Schaeffer, G.H.W., 1850 c g
  • Lygaeus truculentus Stål, 1862 i c g
  • Lygaeus trux Stål, 1862 i c g
  • Lygaeus turcicus Fabricius, 1803 i c g b (false milkweed bug)
  • Lygaeus vaccaroi Mancini, C., 1954 c g
  • Lygaeus vicarius Winkler & I.M. Kerzhner, 1977 c g
  • Lygaeus wagleri c g
  • Lygaeus wangi Zheng, L.Y. & H.G. Zou, 1992 c g
  • Lygaeus wygodzinskyi Alayo, 1973 c g

Data sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[2] g = GBIF,[3] b = Bugguide.net[4]

References

  1. "Lygaeus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
  2. "Browse Lygaeus". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
  3. "Lygaeus". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
  4. "Lygaeus Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
  5. Biolib

Further reading

  • Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico (2nd ed.). CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9.
  • Aukema, Berend; Rieger, Christian, eds. (2001). Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region, vol. 4: Pentatomorpha I: Aradidae, Lygaeidae, Piesmatidae, Malcidae, Berytidae, Colobathristidae, Largidae, Pyrrhocoridae. The Netherlands Entomological Society. ISBN 90-71912-21-3.
  • Blatchley, W.S. (1926). Heteroptera, or true bugs of eastern North America, with especial reference to the faunas of Indiana and Florida. Nature Publishing. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.6871.
  • Henry, Thomas J.; Froeschner, Richard C., eds. (1988). Catalog of the Heteroptera, or True Bugs, of Canada and the Continental United States. E. J. Brill. ISBN 0-916846-44-X.
  • Slater, James Alexander (1964). A Catalogue of the Lygaeidae of the World. University of Connecticut.
  • Slater, James A.; O'Donnell, Jane E. (1995). A Catalogue of the Lygaeidae of the World (1960-1994). The New York Entomological Society. ISBN 0-913-424-16-1.
  • Walker, Francis (1871). Catalogue of the Specimens of Hemiptera Heteroptera in the Collection of the British Museum, pt. IV. British Museum. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.9254.
  • Media related to Lygaeus at Wikimedia Commons
  • Data related to Lygaeus at Wikispecies
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