Lygaeus

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

Lygaeus is a genus of seed bugs in the family Lygaeidae. There are more than 60 described species in Lygaeus. [1] [2]

Contents

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Lygaeus turcicus

Species

These 69 species belong to the genus Lygaeus: [3]

References

  1. "Lygaeus". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
  2. "Lygaeus Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
  3. Dellapé, Pablo M.; Henry, Thomas J. (2021). "genus Lygaeus Fabricius, 1794". Lygaeoidea Species File. Retrieved 2021-10-05.