Oncopeltus

Oncopeltus
Oncopeltus fasciatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Lygaeidae
Subfamily: Lygaeinae
Genus: Oncopeltus
Stål, 1868

Oncopeltus is a genus of seed bugs in the family Lygaeidae, which has at least 40 described species.[1][2][3][4]

Oncopeltus varicolor
Large milkweed bug molting from third to fourth instar. Scenes of the molting followed by the entire molt at fifteen times speed. Last is superposition before to just after molt showing the increased size already.

Species

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These 40 species belong to the genus Oncopeltus:

References

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  1. ^ "Oncopeltus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  2. ^ "Oncopeltus". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  3. ^ Dellapé, Pablo M.; Henry, Thomas J. (2019). "genus Oncopeltus Stal, 1868". Lygaeoidea Species File. Retrieved 2019-07-02.

Further reading

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  • Slater, James A.; O'Donnell, Jane E. (1995). A Catalogue of the Lygaeidae of the World (1960–1994). The New York Entomological Society. ISBN 978-0-913-424-16-2.
  • Aukema, Berend; Rieger, Christian, eds. (2001). Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region, Vol. 4: Pentatomorpha I: Aradidae, Lygaeidae, Piesmatidae, Malcidae, Berytidae, Colobathristidae, Largidae, Pyrrhocoridae. The Netherlands Entomological Society. ISBN 978-90-71912-21-4.
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