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.

External links

• Media related to Lygaeus at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Lygaeus at Wikispecies