''Liocoris'' is a genus of plant bugs belonging to the family
Miridae, subfamily
Mirinae. It has only one species.
In 1955 it was briefly considered as the home of the "
''Lygus'' bugs" due to the morphological studies of Leonard A. Kelton, but the decision of the
International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature
The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN) is an organization dedicated to "achieving stability and sense in the scientific naming of animals". Founded in 1895, it currently comprises 26 commissioners from 20 countries.
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(ICZN) in 1963 allowed them to stay in genus ''
Lygus''. The species that Kenton described in 1955 as ''Liocoris'' are now classified as ''Lygus''.
Species
* ''
Liocoris tripustulatus''
(Fabricius, 1781)
Reclassified
* ''Liocoris borealis'' is now ''
Lygus borealis''
(Kelton, 1955)
* ''Liocoris rufidorsus'' is now ''
Lygus rufidorsus''
(Kelton, 1955)
* ''Liocoris unctuosus'' is now ''
Lygus unctuosus''
(Kelton, 1955)
References
External links
''BioLib''''Fauna Europaea''
Miridae genera
Mirini
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