Oncopeltus

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.

==Species== These 40 species belong to the genus Oncopeltus: Oncopeltus atrorufus (Guerin, 1838) Oncopeltus aulicus Fabricius, 1775 Oncopeltus bergianus Kirkaldy, 1909 Oncopeltus bicinctus (Montrouzier, 1861) Oncopeltus bueanus Karsch, 1892 Oncopeltus cayensis Torre-Bueno, 1944 Oncopeltus cingulifer Stal, 1874 Oncopeltus confusus Horvath, 1914 Oncopeltus erebus Distant, 1918 Oncopeltus famelicus Fabricius, 1781 Oncopeltus fasciatus (Dallas, 1852) (large milkweed bug) Oncopeltus femoralis Stal, 1874 Oncopeltus guttaloides Slater, 1964 Oncopeltus jacobsoni Horvath, 1914 Oncopeltus limbicollis Horvath, 1914 Oncopeltus longicornis Horvath, 1914 Oncopeltus longirostris Stal, 1874 Oncopeltus luctuosus (Stal, 1867) Oncopeltus maoricus (Walker, 1872) Oncopeltus mayri Slater, 1964 Oncopeltus microps Horvath, 1914 Oncopeltus miles (Blanchard, 1852) Oncopeltus nigriceps (Dallas, 1852) Oncopeltus nigripennis Horvath, 1914 Oncopeltus nigroflavatus Distant, 1918 Oncopeltus niloticus Distant, 1918 Oncopeltus orourkeae Faúndez & Rocca, 2017 Oncopeltus peringueyi (Distant, 1911) Oncopeltus pictus Van Duzee, 1907 Oncopeltus purpurascens Distant, 1901 Oncopeltus quadriguttatus Fabricius, 1775 Oncopeltus sandarachatus (Say, 1831) Oncopeltus sanguineolentus Van Duzee, 1914 (blood-colored milkweed bug) Oncopeltus semilimbatus Stal, 1874 Oncopeltus sexmaculatus Stal, 1874 (six-spotted milkweed bug) Oncopeltus sordidus (Dallas, 1852) Oncopeltus spectabilis Van Duzee, 1909 Oncopeltus unifasciatellus Slater, 1964 Oncopeltus varicolor (Fabricius, 1794) Oncopeltus zonatus (Erichson, 1848)