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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Pentatomomorpha » Lygaeoidea

Superfamily Lygaeoidea

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Identification · Range · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Ozophora picturata? - Ozophora salsaverdeae

Eremocoris sp - possibly borealis? - Eremocoris borealis

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)

Suborder Heteroptera (True Bugs)

Infraorder Pentatomomorpha

Superfamily Lygaeoidea

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

up-to-date taxonomy in (1)

most of the families included here used to be treated as subfamilies of Lygaeidae(2)(3)

Numbers

~340 spp. in >100 genera of 12 families in our area, >4,700 spp. in >800 genera of 16 families total(1)(4)

Identification

best illustrated keys to most NA genera in (2); keys to Prairie Province spp. in (5)

Rostrum 4-segmented. Membrane with 4 or 5 simple veins arising from base.

Range

Worldwide

Food

Mostly seed- and sap-feeders; a few are predators(4)

Print References

(6)(7)(8)(9)

Internet References

Texas Lygaeoidea (Quinn 2019)

Works Cited

1.	Dellapé P.M., Henry T.J. (2016‒) Lygaeoidea species file

2.	The Lygaeidae of Florida (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae). Slater & Baranowski. 1990. Florida Dept. of Ag. and Consumer Services, Gainesville. xv + 211 pp.

3.	Phylogenetic analysis of family groups within the infraorder Pentatomomorpha (Heteroptera), with emphasis on the Lygaeoidea Henry T.J. 1997. Ann. Ent. Soc. Amer. 90: 275-301.

4.	Biodiversity of the Heteroptera Henry T.J. 2009. In: Foottit R.G., Adler P.H., eds. Insect biodiversity: Science and society. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell: 223−263.

5.	Seed Bugs and their allies (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Lygaeoidea) of the Canadian Prairie Provinces David J. Larson, G.G.E. Scudder. 2018. Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification, 34.

6.	New distribution records for United States Lygaeoidea (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) Scudder G.G.E. 2010. J. Ent. Soc. B.C. 107: 83-84.

7.	Seed Bugs of Virginia (Heteroptera: Lygaeidae) Richard L. Hoffman. 1996. Virginia Museum of Natural History.

8.	Lygaeidae of the West Indies Baranowski, R.M., and J.A. Slater. 2005. Florida Agricultural Experiment Station; Gainesville.

9.	A synopsis of the Hemiptera-Heteroptera of America north of Mexico. III. Family XI. Lygaeidae Torre-Bueno J.R. de la. 1946. Ent. amer. 26: 1–141.

Contributed by v belov on 24 December, 2009 - 4:54pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Arturo Santos
Last updated 27 July, 2024 - 4:19pm

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