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Lygaeidae

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
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FAMILY
Published in
Schilling, P.S. (1829) Hemiptera Heteroptera Silesiae systematice disposuit Schilling. Beitr. Ent. 1, 34–92.
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Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Arthropoda
class
Insecta
order
Hemiptera
family
Lygaeidae

Name

Synonyms
Ischnorhynchinae
Myodochidae
Orsillinae
Homonyms
Lygaeidae
Common names
Chinch Bugs in English
Chinch Bugs in English
Frøtæger in Danish
Milkweed Bug in English
Milkweed Bug in English
Seed Bugs in English
Seed Bugs in English
chinch bugs in English
milkweed bug in English
punaises des céréales in French
seed bugs in language.
seed bugs in English
fröskinnbaggar in Swedish
Groundbugs in English
Groundbugs in English
fröskinnbaggar in Swedish
frøteger in Norwegian Bokmål
frøteger in Nynorsk, Norwegian
groundbugs in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Acloque. 1897. Faune de France. Faune de France. Paris: J. B. Baelliere et fils. 370-371
  2. Amyot & A. Serville. 1843. Histoire naturelle des insectes; Hemipteres. Histoire naturelle des insectes Hemipteres. Paris: Fain et Thunot. 248
  3. Ashlock, P.D. & A. Slater. 1988. In Henry & Froeschner. Family Lygaeidae Schilling, 1829 (= Infericornes Amyot and Serville, 1843< Myodochidae Kirkaldy, 1899< Geocoridae Kirkaldy, 1902). Catalog of the Heteroptera, or True Bugs, of Canada and the Continental United States., E. J. Brill Publ., Leiden and New York 167-245
  4. Ashlock, P.D. 1957. An investigation of the taxonomic value of the phallus in the Lygaeidae (Hemiptera-Heteroptera). Ann. ent. Soc. Amer.
  5. Ashmead. 1888. A proposed classification of the Hemiptera. Entomologica Americana (Ent. Amer.) 69
  6. Banerjee. 1959. A study of the chromosomes during meiosis in twenty-eight species of Hemiptera (Heteroptera) (Homoptera). Proc. zool. Soc. Bengal
  7. Baranowski, R.M. & J.A. Slater. 2005. The Lygaeidae of the West Indies, University of Florida, IFAS 9-11
  8. Barber, H.G. 1917. Synoptic keys to the Lygaeidae (Hemiptera) of the United States Pt.I. Psyche, Camb., Mass.
  9. Barber, H.G. 1923. Family Lygaeidae: In Britton--guide to the insects of Connecticut: Pt. IV. The Hemiptera or sucking insects of Connecticut. Bull. Conn. geol. nat. Hist. Surv. pp.
  10. Barber, H.G. 1939. Scientific survey of Porto Rico & the Virgin Islands: Insects of Porto Rico & the Virgin Islands: Hemiptera-Heteroptera (excepting the Miridae & Corixidae). Scientific Survey of Porto Rico (Sci. Surv. P. Rico) 14:263-441
  11. Barber, H.G. 1947. The family Lygaeidae (Hemiptera-Heteroptera) of the island of Cuba & the Isle of Pines. Mem. Soc. cubana Hist. nat.
  12. Barber, H.G. 1958. Insects of Micronesia Heteroptera: Lygaeidae. Insects Micronesia (B.P. Bishop Mus.)
  13. Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp.
  14. Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp.
  15. Berg, C. 1879. Hemiptera Argentina enumeravit speciesque novas. Hemiptera Argentina enumeravit speciesque novas. Bonariae: Pauli E. Coni pp. 98
  16. Bergroth, E. 1906. Systematische & synonymische Bemerkungen uber Hemipteren. Wien. ent. Ztg
  17. Bergroth, E. 1908. Neue indische Hemiptera. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift (Dtsch. ent. Z.)
  18. Bergroth, E. 1909. Hemiptera nova Orientalia. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique. (Ann. Soc. ent. Belg.) 53:184-190
  19. Bergroth, E. 1909. The family name Lygaeidae. Canadian Entomologist (Canad. Ent.)
  20. Bergroth, E. 1912. Nomenclatorisches uber Hemipteren. Wien. ent. Ztg
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