Orsillinae is a subfamily of seed bugs 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 ...
. There are at least 110 described species in Orsillinae;
the
type genus is ''
Orsillus
''Orsillus'' is a genus of Palaearctic bugs, in the family Lygaeidae; it is the type genus of the subfamily Orsillinae and tribe Orsillini. Species are recorded from Europe and includes ''O. depressus'' which has become naturalised in the Brit ...
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Genera
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Belonochilus
''Belonochilus'' is a genus of seed bugs in the family Lygaeidae. There is one described species in ''Belonochilus'', ''B. numenius'', the sycamore seed bug, making it a monotypic genus.
It is native to North America, but is an invasive sp ...
Uhler, 1871
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Glyptonysius Usinger, 1942
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Metrarga White, 1878
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Neortholomus Hamilton, 1983
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Neseis Kirkaldy, 1900
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Nesoclimacias Kirkaldy, 1908
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Nesocryptias Kirkaldy, 1908
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Nesomartis Kirkaldy, 1907
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Nysius
''Nysius'' is a genus of false chinch bugs in the family Lygaeidae. At least 100 described species are placed in ''Nysius''.
Like other seed bugs, some species in the genus have proven to be crop pests of wheat and other grains (including ''N. ...
Dallas, 1852 (false chinch bugs)
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Oceanides Kirkaldy, 1910
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Orsillus
''Orsillus'' is a genus of Palaearctic bugs, in the family Lygaeidae; it is the type genus of the subfamily Orsillinae and tribe Orsillini. Species are recorded from Europe and includes ''O. depressus'' which has become naturalised in the Brit ...
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Dallas, 1852
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Xyonysius
''Xyonysius'' is a genus of seed bugs 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 ...
Ashlock & Lattin, 1963
References
* 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, vol. 90, no. 3'', 275–301.
* Thomas J. Henry, Richard C. Froeschner. (1988). ''Catalog of the Heteroptera, True Bugs of Canada and the Continental United States''. Brill Academic Publishers.
Further reading
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External links
NCBI Taxonomy Browser, Orsillinae
Lygaeidae
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