''Xyonysius californicus'', the California false chinch bug, 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
Caribbean Sea
The Caribbean Sea ( es, Mar Caribe; french: Mer des Caraïbes; ht, Lanmè Karayib; jam, Kiaribiyan Sii; nl, Caraïbische Zee; pap, Laman Karibe) is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean in the tropics of the Western Hemisphere. It is bounded by Mexico ...
, Central America, North America, and South America.
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Subspecies
These two subspecies belong to the species ''Xyonysius californicus'':
* ''Xyonysius californicus alabamensis'' (Baker, 1906)
* ''Xyonysius californicus californicus'' (Stal, 1859)
References
Further reading
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Lygaeidae
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Insects described in 1859
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