Lygaeus Explained

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

Species

These 69 species belong to the genus Lygaeus:

• Lygaeus alboornatus Blanchard, 1852
• Lygaeus analis Dallas, 1852
• Lygaeus argutus Brailovsky, 1982
• Lygaeus ashlocki Brailovsky, 1978
• Lygaeus bahamensis Barber & Ashlock, 1960
• Lygaeus bettoni Distant, 1901
• Lygaeus buettikeri Hamid & Hamid, 1985
• Lygaeus coccineus Barber, 1923
• Lygaeus cognatus Walker, 1872
• Lygaeus creticus Lucas, 1853
• Lygaeus cruentatus Costa, 1839
• Lygaeus dichrous Montrouzier, 1855
• Lygaeus discifer Motschulsky, 1863
• Lygaeus dives Distant, 1918
• Lygaeus dohertyi Distant, 1904
• Lygaeus equestris (Linnaeus, 1758) (black-and-red bug)
• Lygaeus flavescens Winkler & Kerzhner, 1977
• Lygaeus flavomarginatus Matsumura, 1913
• Lygaeus formosanus Shiraki, 1913
• Lygaeus froeschneri Brailovsky, 1978
• Lygaeus hanseni Jakovlev, 1883
• Lygaeus inaequalis Walker, 1872
• Lygaeus kalmii Stal, 1874 (small milkweed bug)
• Lygaeus leucospilus Walker, 1870
• Lygaeus longiusculus Walker, 1872
• Lygaeus lugubris Montrouzier, 1855
• Lygaeus mauli Faúndez, Carvajal, Diez & Raffo, 2021
• Lygaeus melanostolus (Kiritshenko, 1928)
• Lygaeus multiguttatus Herrich-Schaeffer, 1850
• Lygaeus murinus (Kiritshenko, 1913)
• Lygaeus negus Distant, 1918
• Lygaeus oppositus Brailovsky, 1978
• Lygaeus oreophilus (Kiritshenko, 1931)
• Lygaeus pallipes Wolff, 1804
• Lygaeus peruvianus Brailovsky, 1978
• Lygaeus pubicornis Fabricius, 1775
• Lygaeus quadratomaculatus Kirby, 1891
• Lygaeus reclivatus Say, 1825 (southern small milkweed bug)
• Lygaeus scabrosus Fabricius, 1775
• Lygaeus sexpustulatus (Fabricius, 1775)
• Lygaeus signatus Costa, 1862
• Lygaeus simulans Deckert, 1985
• Lygaeus sipolisi Fallou, 1891
• Lygaeus sjostedti (Lindberg, 1934)
• Lygaeus slateri Gorski, 1968
• Lygaeus taitensis Guerin, 1838
• Lygaeus teraphoides Jakovlev, 1890
• Lygaeus tristriatus Herrich-Schaeffer, 1850
• Lygaeus truculentus Stal, 1862
• Lygaeus trux Stal, 1862
• Lygaeus turcicus Fabricius, 1803 (false milkweed bug)
• Lygaeus vaccaroi Mancini, 1954
• Lygaeus vicarius Winkler & Kerzhner, 1977
• Lygaeus wangi Zheng & Zou, 1992
• † Lygaeus atavinus Heer, 1853
• † Lygaeus celasensis Theobald, 1937
• † Lygaeus dasypus Heer, 1853
• † Lygaeus dellachiaje Hope *, 1847
• † Lygaeus deprehensus Heyden, 1859
• † Lygaeus deucalionis Heer, 1853
• † Lygaeus elongatiabdominalis Theobald, 1937
• † Lygaeus faeculentus Scudder, 1890
• † Lygaeus gracilentus Forster *, 1891
• † Lygaeus gratiosus Forster *, 1891
• † Lygaeus heeri Slater, 1964
• † Lygaeus obscurellus Theobald, 1937
• † Lygaeus obsolescens Scudder, 1890
• † Lygaeus stabilitus Scudder, 1890
• † Lygaeus tinctus Heer, 1853

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