Hemiptera of Cyprus : Lygaeidae Family

Aellopus atratus Lygaeidae
Aellopus syriacus Lygaeidae
Aoploscelis bivirgata Lygaeidae
Apterola kuenckeli Lygaeidae
Apterola lownii Lygaeidae
Arocatus longiceps Lygaeidae
Artheneis alutacea Lygaeidae
Artheneis balcanica Lygaeidae
Beosus maritimus Lygaeidae
Beosus quadripunctatus Lygaeidae
Bledionotus systellonotoides Lygaeidae
Brachyplax tenuis Lygaeidae
Caenocoris nerii Lygaeidae
Callistonotus nigroruber Lygaeidae
Camptocera glaberrima Lygaeidae
Cymophyes ochroleuca Lygaeidae
Cymus claviculus Lygaeidae
Cymus melanocephalus Lygaeidae
Dieuches syriacus Lygaeidae
Dimorphopterus brachypterus Lygaeidae
Drymus brunneus Lygaeidae
Drymus pilipes Lygaeidae
Emblethis griseus Lygaeidae
Emblethis robustus Lygaeidae
Engistus boops Lygaeidae
Eremocoris fenestratus Lygaeidae
Geocoris ater Lygaeidae
Geocoris erythrocephalus Lygaeidae
Geocoris lineola Lygaeidae
Geocoris megacephalus Lygaeidae
Geocoris pallidipennis Lygaeidae
Geocoris phaeopterus Lygaeidae
Graptostethus servus Lygaeidae
Henestaris laticeps Lygaeidae
Heterogaster cathariae Lygaeidae
Horvathiolus mendosus Lygaeidae
Horvathiolus superbus Lygaeidae
Horvathiolus syriacus Lygaeidae
Hyalochilus dolosus Lygaeidae
Ischnocoris punctulatus Lygaeidae
Ischnopeza hirticornis Lygaeidae
Ischnopeza pallipes Lygaeidae
Lamprodema maura Lygaeidae
Lasiocoris anomalus Lygaeidae
Leptodemus bicolor Lygaeidae
Leptodemus minutus Lygaeidae
Lethaeus cribratissimus Lygaeidae
Lethaeus lethierryi Lygaeidae
Lethaeus nitidus Lygaeidae
Lethaeus picipes Lygaeidae
Liolobus walkeri Lygaeidae
Lygaeosoma angulare Lygaeidae
Lygaeosoma sardeum Lygaeidae
Lygaeus creticus Lygaeidae
Lygaeus equestris Lygaeidae
Lygaeus simulans Lygaeidae
Macroplax fasciata Lygaeidae
Macropternella inermis Lygaeidae
Megalonotus brevicornis Lygaeidae
Megalonotus colon Lygaeidae
Megalonotus emarginatus Lygaeidae
Megalonotus maximus Lygaeidae
Megalonotus praetextatus Lygaeidae
Megalonotus setosus Lygaeidae
Melanocoryphus tristrami Lygaeidae
Metopoplax fuscinervis Lygaeidae
Metopoplax origani Lygaeidae
Microplax interrupta Lygaeidae
Microplax limbata Lygaeidae
Neurocladus brachiidens Lygaeidae
Nysius cymoides Lygaeidae
Nysius ericae Lygaeidae
Nysius graminicola Lygaeidae
Nysius immunis Lygaeidae
Nysius senecionis Lygaeidae
Orsillus depressus Lygaeidae
Orsillus maculatus Lygaeidae
Orsillus reyi Lygaeidae
Ortholomus punctipennis Lygaeidae
Oxycarenus hyalinipennis Lygaeidae
Oxycarenus pallens Lygaeidae
Paraparomius leptopoides Lygaeidae
Paromius gracilis Lygaeidae
Peritrechus rhomboidalis Lygaeidae
Piezoscelis staphylinus Lygaeidae
Platyplax inermis Lygaeidae
Plinthisus angulatus Lygaeidae
Plinthisus longicollis Lygaeidae
Plinthisus marginatus Lygaeidae
Proderus bellevoyei Lygaeidae
Pterotmetus parnassius Lygaeidae
Raglius alboacuminatus Lygaeidae
Remaudiereana annulipes Lygaeidae
Rhyparochromus sanguineus Lygaeidae
Rhyparochromus vulgaris Lygaeidae
Scolopostethus affinis Lygaeidae
Scolopostethus decoratus Lygaeidae
Scolopostethus grandis Lygaeidae
Scolopostethus pictus Lygaeidae
Scolopostethus thomsoni Lygaeidae
Spilostethus pandurus Lygaeidae
Spilostethus saxatilis Lygaeidae
Stenophthalmicus fajoumensis Lygaeidae
Stygnocoris breviceps Lygaeidae
Stygnocoris similis Lygaeidae
Taphropeltus nervosus Lygaeidae
Thaumastopus cinnamomeus Lygaeidae
Thaumastopus marginicollis Lygaeidae
Tropistethus lanternae Lygaeidae
Xanthochilus minusculus Lygaeidae
Xanthochilus saturnius 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.[1] However, while many of the species feed on seeds, some feed on sap (mucivory) or seed pods, others are omnivores and a few, such as the wekiu bug, are carnivores that feed exclusively on insects.[2][3] Insects in this family are distributed across the world.[4] The family was vastly larger, but numerous former subfamilies have been removed and given independent family status, including the Artheneidae, Blissidae, Cryptorhamphidae, Cymidae, Geocoridae, Heterogastridae, Ninidae, Oxycarenidae and Rhyparochromidae, which together constituted well over half of the former family.[5][6]

The bizarre and mysterious beetle-like Psamminae were formerly often placed in the Piesmatidae, but this is almost certainly incorrect. Their true affiliations, however, are not entirely resolved to satisfaction.[7]

Distinguishing Characteristics

Lygaeidae are oval or elongate in body shape and have four-segmented antennae.[8] Lygaeidae can be distinguished from Miridae (plant bugs) by the presence of ocelli, or simple eyes. They are distinguished from Coreidae (squash bugs) by the number of veins in the membrane of the front wings, as Lygaeidae have only four or five veins.[9]