Liocoris Explained

Liocoris is a genus of plant bugs belonging to the family Miridae, subfamily Mirinae. It has only one species.

In 1955 it was briefly considered as the home of the "Lygus bugs" due to the morphological studies of Leonard A. Kelton,^[1] but the decision of the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN) in 1963^[2] allowed them to stay in genus Lygus.^[3] The species that Kenton described in 1955 as Liocoris are now classified as Lygus.^[4]

Species

• Liocoris tripustulatus (Fabricius, 1781)

Reclassified

• Liocoris borealis is now Lygus borealis (Kelton, 1955)
• Liocoris rufidorsus is now Lygus rufidorsus (Kelton, 1955)
• Liocoris unctuosus is now Lygus unctuosus (Kelton, 1955)

External links

• BioLib
• Fauna Europaea

Notes and References

1. Kelton, Leonard A.. 1955 . Genera and subgenera of the Lygus complex (Hemiptera: Miridae). The Canadian Entomologist. 87. 7. 277–301. 10.4039/ent87277-7.
2. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature Opinion 667 (1963)
3. Book: Henry, Thomas J. . Lattin, J. D. . amp. 1987. Taxonomic status, biological attributes, and recommendations for future work on the genus Lygus (Heteroptera: Miridae). Hedlund, R. C. . Graham, H. M. . Economic Importance and Biological Control of Lygus and Adelphocoris in North America. (ARS-64). Washington, D.C.. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. 54 - 68. https://web.archive.org/web/20140123184730/http://andrewsforest.oregonstate.edu/pubs/pdf/pub1875.pdf. 23 January 2014. live.
4. Kelton, Leonard A.. 1975 . The lygus bugs (genus Lygus Hahn) of North America (Heteroptera: Miridae). Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada. 95. 1 - 101. 10.4039/entm10795fv.