''Oncopeltus guttaloides'' is a species of seed bug 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 ...

. It is found in the southern Central America and the southern United States. Like other species of

Oncopeltus ''Oncopeltus'' is a genus of seed bugs in the family Lygaeidae, which has at least 40 described species. Species These 40 species belong to the genus ''Oncopeltus'': * '' Oncopeltus atrorufus'' (Guerin, 1838) * '' Oncopeltus aulicus'' Fabriciu ...

, their nymphs are

gregarious Sociality is the degree to which individuals in an animal population tend to associate in social groups (gregariousness) and form cooperative societies. Sociality is a survival response to evolutionary pressures. For example, when a mother wasp ...

and can be found in large clusters on host plants.

Distribution

''Oncopeltus guttaloides'' is found in the southern US, Cuba, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, and Santo Domingo

References

Lygaeidae Insects described in 1964 {{Lygaeoidea-stub