Lygaeus creticus
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| Lygaeus creticus | |
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| File:Lygaeus creticus wikipedia.jpg | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Family: | Lygaeidae |
| Subfamily: | Lygaeinae |
| Genus: | Lygaeus |
| Species: | L. creticus
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| Binomial name | |
| Lygaeus creticus Lucas, 1853
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Lygaeus creticus is a species of seed bug in the family Lygaeidae.[1] It is found in areas around the Mediterranean Sea.[2]
Taxonomy
[edit | edit source]Lygaeus creticus was first formally named in 1853 by French entomologist Hippolyte Lucas in Essai sur les animaux articulés qui habitent l'île de Crète.[3]
Description
[edit | edit source]Both nymphs (image) and adults (image) of Lygaeus creticus are aposematically colored.[4]
Reproduction
[edit | edit source]Egg mean clutch size has been noted as 20.7 ± 1.76 for once‐mated females.[5] Males have been observed to harass female Lygaeus equestris.[6]
Diet
[edit | edit source]Lygaeus creticus is phytophagous[7] on Nerium oleander and Sorbus cretica.[3]
References
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