''Neacoryphus bicrucis'' is a species in the family
Lygaeidae
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. However, while many of the species feed on ...
("seed bugs"), in the order
Hemiptera
Hemiptera (; ) is an order (biology), order of insects, commonly called true bugs, comprising over 80,000 species within groups such as the cicadas, aphids, planthoppers, leafhoppers, Reduviidae, assassin bugs, Cimex, bed bugs, and shield bugs. ...
("true bugs, cicadas, hoppers, aphids and allies").
The species is known generally as the "whitecrossed seed bug" or "ragwort seed bug".
[How to Know the True Bugs, Slater, James A., and Baranowski, Richard M. 1978. Wm. C. Brown Company.]
The distribution range of ''Neacoryphus bicrucis'' includes Central America, North America, Oceania, and South America.
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References
Further reading
* Henry, Thomas J., and Richard C. Froeschner, eds. (1988). ''Catalog of the Heteroptera, or True Bugs, of Canada and the Continental United States'', xix + 958.
* Nishida, Gordon M., ed. (2002). "Hawaiian Terrestrial Arthropod Checklist, 4th ed.". ''Bishop Museum Technical Reports no. 22'', iv + 313.
* Ross H. Arnett. (2000). ''American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico''. CRC Press.
* Thomas J. Henry, Richard C. Froeschner. (1988). ''Catalog of the Heteroptera, True Bugs of Canada and the Continental United States''. Brill Academic Publishers.
External links
NCBI Taxonomy Browser, ''Neacoryphus bicrucis''
Lygaeidae
Insects described in 1825
Hemiptera of Central America
Hemiptera of South America
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