Lygaeus Fabricius 1794 (milkweed bug)

Insecta - Hemiptera - Lygaeidae

Full reference: J. C. Fabricius. 1794. Entomologia Systematica Emendata et Aucta. Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species Adjectis Synonimis, Locis, Observationibus, Descriptionibus, Tomus IV 1-472

Parent taxon: Lygaeinae according to J. Péricart 2001

See also Fabricius 1794, Fabricius 1798, Förster 1891, Latreille 1796, Latreille 1802, Scudder 1890 and Theobald 1937

Sister taxa: Gurnardobayini, Lygaeosoma

Subtaxa: Lygaeus atavinus Lygaeus celasensis Lygaeus dasypus Lygaeus daulus Lygaeus deprehensus Lygaeus deucalionis Lygaeus elongatiabdominalis Lygaeus faeculentus Lygaeus fossitius Lygaeus gracilentus Lygaeus gratiosus Lygaeus mutilus Lygaeus obscurellus Lygaeus obsolescens Lygaeus stabilitus Lygaeus tinctus Lygaeus ventralis

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Ecology:

Distribution:

• Miocene of China (1 collection), Croatia (2), the Czech Republic (1), Germany (2)

• Oligocene of France (2), Germany (1)

• Eocene of France (1), United States (2: Colorado)

Total: 12 collections including 16 occurrences

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