Lygaeoidea
| Lygaeoidea | |
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| Spilostethus pandurus (Lygaeidae) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Infraorder: | Pentatomomorpha |
| Superfamily: | Lygaeoidea |
The Lygaeoidea are a sizeable superfamily of true bugs, containing seed bugs and allies, in the order Hemiptera. There are about 16 families and more than 4,600 described species in Lygaeoidea, found worldwide. Most feed on seeds or sap, but a few are predators.[1][2][3]
The ash-gray leaf bug family (Piesmatidae), may be placed here, but some authorities place it in its own superorder Piesmatoidea Amyot & Serville, 1843,[4] being closer to the Aradoidea.[5]
Families
These 16 families belong to the superfamily Lygaeoidea. The majority of them were considered to be part of the family Lygaeidae before Thomas J. Henry's work was published in 1997.[6][1][2]
- Artheneidae Stål, 1872
- Berytidae Fieber, 1851 (stilt bugs)
- Blissidae Stål, 1862
- Colobathristidae Stal, 1865
- Cryptorhamphidae
- Cymidae Baerensprung, 1860
- Geocoridae Baerensprung, 1860 (big-eyed bugs)
- Heterogastridae Stål, 1872
- Lygaeidae Schilling, 1829 (seed bugs)
- Malcidae Stål, 1865
- Meschiidae
- Ninidae Barber, 1956
- Oxycarenidae Stål, 1862
- Pachygronthidae Stål, 1865
- Rhyparochromidae Amyot & Serville, 1843 (dirt-colored seed bugs)
References
- ^ a b Dellapé, Pablo M.; Henry, Thomas J. (2019). "Lygaeoidea Species File". Retrieved 2019-06-19.
- ^ a b "Lygaeoidea superfamily Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-06-19.
- ^ "Lygaeoidea Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-06-19.
- ^ BioLib: superfamily Piesmatoidea Amyot & Serville, 1843 (retrieved 21 May 2020)
- ^ David A. Grimaldi & Michael S. Engel (2007). "An unusual, primitive Piesmatidae (Insecta: Heteroptera) in Cretaceous amber from Myanmar (Burma)" (PDF). American Museum Novitates. 3611: 1–17. doi:10.1206/0003-0082(2008)3611[1:AUPPIH]2.0.CO;2.
- ^ Henry, Thomas J. (1997). "Phylogenetic Analysis of Family Groups within the Infraorder Pentatomomorpha (Hemiptera: Heteroptera), with Emphasis on the Lygaeoidea". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 90 (3): 275–301. doi:10.1093/aesa/90.3.275.
External links
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