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    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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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    "color". The Rhyparochromidae were previously classified as a subfamily of Lygaeidae. The family Rhyparochromidae has two subfamilies, Plinthisinae with only...
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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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    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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    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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    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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    Cryptorhamphidae Cymidae Geocoridae Henicocoridae Heterogastridae Idiostolidae Lygaeidae (milkweed bugs, true seed bugs) Malcidae Ninidae Oxycarenidae Pachygronthidae...
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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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    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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    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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    Oncopeltus sexmaculatus (category Lygaeidae)
    the six-spotted milkweed bug, is a species of seed bug in the family Lygaeidae. It is found on islands in the Caribbean Sea, Central America, and North...
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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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    Cryptorhamphidae Cymidae Geocoridae Henicocoridae Heterogastridae Idiostolidae Lygaeidae (milkweed bugs, true seed bugs) Malcidae Ninidae Oxycarenidae Pachygronthidae...
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    Lygaeus analis (category Lygaeidae)
    Lygaeus analis is a species of seed bug in the family Lygaeidae, found in Mexico, Central America, and tropical South America. "Lygaeus analis". GBIF...
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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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    Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region, vol. 4: Pentatomorpha I: Aradidae, Lygaeidae, Piesmatidae, Malcidae, Berytidae, Colobathristidae, Largidae, Pyrrhocoridae...
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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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    depressed behind the eyes. They are often confused with bugs in the family Lygaeidae, but can be distinguished by the lack of ocelli on the head. Unlike most...
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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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    this family are often confused with, but can be quickly separated from, Lygaeidae by the lack of ocelli (simple eyes) on the top of the head. The membrane...
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  • Hemiptera (order) Pentatomomorpha (infraorder) Lygaeoidea (superfamily) Lygaeidae (family) various genera various species Rhyparochromidae (family) various...
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    Large milkweed bug (category Lygaeidae)
    large milkweed bug, is a medium-sized hemipteran (true bug) of the family Lygaeidae. It is distributed throughout North America, from Central America through...
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    Cryptorhamphidae Cymidae Geocoridae Henicocoridae Heterogastridae Idiostolidae Lygaeidae (milkweed bugs, true seed bugs) Malcidae Ninidae Oxycarenidae Pachygronthidae...
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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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