Lygaeus

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

==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