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White-crossed Seed Bug (Neacoryphus bicrucis)

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Neacoryphus bicrucis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Lygaeidae
Genus: Neacoryphus
Species:
N. bicrucis
Binomial name
Neacoryphus bicrucis
(Say, 1825)
Synonyms
  • Lygaeus bicrucis Say, 1825

Neacoryphus bicrucis is a species in the family Lygaeidae ("seed bugs"), in the order Hemiptera ("true bugs, cicadas, hoppers, aphids and allies").[1][2] The species is known generally as the "whitecrossed seed bug" or "ragwort seed bug".[3][4] The distribution range of Neacoryphus bicrucis includes Central America, North America, Oceania, and South America.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Neacoryphus bicrucis Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-01-18.
  2. ^ a b "Neacoryphus bicrucis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). Retrieved 2018-01-18.
  3. ^ How to Know the True Bugs, Slater, James A., and Baranowski, Richard M. 1978. Wm. C. Brown Company.
  4. ^ "Neacoryphus bicrucis Species Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-01-18.

Further reading[edit]

  • 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.

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