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Lygaeidae

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The Lygaeidae are a family in the Hemiptera (true bugs), with more than 110 genera in four subfamilies. The family is commonly referred to as seed bugs, and less commonly, milkweed bugs, or ground bugs. Many species feed on seeds, some on sap or seed pods, others are omnivores and a few, such as the wekiu bug, are insectivores. Insects in this family are distributed across the world.

Lygaeus equestris

species of insect

large milkweed bug

species of insect

Kleidocerys resedae

species of insect

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

Oxycarenus lavaterae

species of insect

Oncopeltus is a genus of seed bugs in the family Lygaeidae, which has at least 40 described species. thumb|Oncopeltus varicolor thumb|right|thumbtime=43|Large milkweed bug molting from third to fourth instar. Scenes of the molting followed by the entire molt at fifteen times speed. Last is superposition before to just after molt showing the increased size already.

Spilostethus pandurus

species of insect

species of insect

Spilostethus saxatilis

species of insect

Arocatus rusticus

species of insect

Arocatus longiceps

species of insect

Kleidocerys is a genus of seed bugs in the family Lygaeidae. There are about 17 described species in Kleidocerys. thumb|Kleidocerys resedae

Arocatus roeselii

species of insect

Arocatus melanocephalus

species of insect

Lygaeus turcicus

species of insect

Melanocoryphus albomaculatus

species of insect

Melanopleurus pyrrhopterus

species of insect

Melanopleurus belfragei

species of insect

Spilostethus is a genus of bugs in the family Lygaeidae (seed bugs). Most species in this genus are from the Palearctic and Oriental regions.

Oncopeltus sexmaculatus

species of insect

Lygaeinae is a subfamily of ground bugs in the insect family Lygaeidae.

Melanocoryphus is a genus of seed bugs in the family Lygaeidae. There are about eight described species in Melanocoryphus. thumb|Melanocoryphus albomaculatus

Tropidothorax leucopterus

species of insect

Oxycarenus is a genus of ground bugs belonging to the family Lygaeidae, subfamily Oxycareninae. There are approximately fifty-five described species of Oxycarenus, and a number are documented as important crop pests.

Melanopleurus (meaning "black side") is a genus of seed bugs in the family Lygaeidae. There are more than 20 described species in the genus Melanopleurus.

Ortholomus is a genus of true bugs belonging to the family Lygaeidae.

Arocatus is a genus of bugs in the family Lygaeidae.

Horvathiolus is a genus of seed bugs in the family Lygaeidae. There are at least 20 described species in Horvathiolus. thumb|Horvathiolus syriacus

Lygaeus reclivatus

species of insect

Oncopeltus guttaloides

species of insect

Oncopeltus famelicus

species of insect

Tropistethus is a genus of true bugs belonging to the family Lygaeidae.

Rhypodes anceps

species of insect

Oncopeltus sandarachatus

species of insect

Caenocoris nerii

species of insect

Orsillus is a genus of Palaearctic bugs, in the family Lygaeidae; it is the type genus of the subfamily Orsillinae and tribe Orsillini. Species are recorded from Europe and includes O. depressus which has become naturalised in the British Isles.

Melacoryphus lateralis

species of insect

Orsillus depressus

species of insect

Lygaeus simulans

species of insect

Caenocoris is a genus of ground bugs in the insect family Lygaeidae.

Neortholomus scolopax

species of insect

Lygaeus truculentus

species of insect

Spilostethus hospes

species of insect

Lygaeospilus tripunctatus

species of insect

Horvathiolus superbus

species of insect

Nicuesa is a genus of true bugs belonging to the family Lygaeidae.

Nithecus is a genus of true bugs belonging to the family Lygaeidae.

Neacoryphus is a genus of seed bugs in the family Lygaeidae. There are about five described species in Neacoryphus.

Oncopeltus sanguineolentus

species of insect

Neortholomus is a genus of seed bugs in the family Lygaeidae. There are about nine described species in Neortholomus.

Oceanides is a genus of Hawaiian seed bugs in the tribe Metrargini, erected by Kirkaldy in 1910.

Ischnorhynchinae

Ischnorhynchinae is a subfamily of seed bugs in the family Lygaeidae. There are about 16 genera and more than 70 described species in Ischnorhynchinae. The members of this subfamily are small, terrestrial insects that typically translucent or transparent plate-like structures covering the thorax (pronota) and tend to live in plant flowers. thumb|Kleidocerys resedae

Oncopeltus aulicus

species of insect

Lygaeus creticus

Species of seed bug in the family Lygaeidae

Lygaeospilus is a genus of seed bugs in the family Lygaeidae. There are at least four described species in Lygaeospilus.

species of true bug

Nithecus jacobaeae

species of insect

Neacoryphus bicrucis

species of insect

Orsillinae is a subfamily of seed bugs in the family Lygaeidae. There are at least 110 described species in Orsillinae; the type genus is Orsillus.