''Lygaeus'' is a genus of seed bugs 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. Many species feed on seeds, some on sap or ...

. There are more than 60 described species in ''Lygaeus''. Milkweedbugs

Biologia Centrali-Americana - Lygaeus cruentatus

Species

These 69 species belong to the genus ''Lygaeus'': * '' Lygaeus alboornatus'' Blanchard, 1852 * '' Lygaeus analis'' Dallas, 1852 * '' Lygaeus argutus'' Brailovsky, 1982 * '' Lygaeus ashlocki'' Brailovsky, 1978 * '' Lygaeus bahamensis'' Barber & Ashlock, 1960 * '' Lygaeus bettoni'' Distant, 1901 * '' Lygaeus buettikeri'' Hamid & Hamid, 1985 * '' Lygaeus coccineus'' Barber, 1923 * '' Lygaeus cognatus'' Walker, 1872 * '' Lygaeus creticus'' Lucas, 1853 * '' Lygaeus cruentatus'' Costa, 1839 * '' Lygaeus dichrous'' Montrouzier, 1855 * '' Lygaeus discifer'' Motschulsky, 1863 * '' Lygaeus dives'' Distant, 1918 * '' Lygaeus dohertyi'' Distant, 1904 * '' Lygaeus equestris'' (Linnaeus, 1758) (black-and-red bug) * '' Lygaeus flavescens'' Winkler & Kerzhner, 1977 * '' Lygaeus flavomarginatus'' Matsumura, 1913 * '' Lygaeus formosanus'' Shiraki, 1913 * '' Lygaeus froeschneri'' Brailovsky, 1978 * '' Lygaeus hanseni'' Jakovlev, 1883 * '' Lygaeus inaequalis'' Walker, 1872 * '' Lygaeus kalmii'' Stal, 1874 (small milkweed bug) * '' Lygaeus leucospilus'' Walker, 1870 * '' Lygaeus longiusculus'' Walker, 1872 * '' Lygaeus lugubris'' Montrouzier, 1855 * '' Lygaeus mauli'' Faúndez, Carvajal, Diez & Raffo, 2021 * '' Lygaeus melanostolus'' (Kiritshenko, 1928) * '' Lygaeus multiguttatus'' Herrich-Schaeffer, 1850 * '' Lygaeus murinus'' (Kiritshenko, 1913) * '' Lygaeus negus'' Distant, 1918 * '' Lygaeus oppositus'' Brailovsky, 1978 * '' Lygaeus oreophilus'' (Kiritshenko, 1931) * '' Lygaeus pallipes'' Wolff, 1804 * '' Lygaeus peruvianus'' Brailovsky, 1978 * '' Lygaeus pubicornis'' Fabricius, 1775 * '' Lygaeus quadratomaculatus'' Kirby, 1891 * '' Lygaeus reclivatus'' Say, 1825 (southern small milkweed bug) * '' Lygaeus scabrosus'' Fabricius, 1775 * '' Lygaeus sexpustulatus'' (Fabricius, 1775) * '' Lygaeus signatus'' Costa, 1862 * '' Lygaeus simulans'' Deckert, 1985 * '' Lygaeus sipolisi'' Fallou, 1891 * '' Lygaeus sjostedti'' (Lindberg, 1934) * '' Lygaeus slateri'' Gorski, 1968 * '' Lygaeus taitensis'' Guerin, 1838 * '' Lygaeus teraphoides'' Jakovlev, 1890 * '' Lygaeus tristriatus'' Herrich-Schaeffer, 1850 * '' Lygaeus truculentus'' Stal, 1862 * '' Lygaeus trux'' Stal, 1862 * '' Lygaeus turcicus'' Fabricius, 1803 (false milkweed bug) * '' Lygaeus vaccaroi'' Mancini, 1954 * '' Lygaeus vicarius'' Winkler & Kerzhner, 1977 * '' Lygaeus wangi'' Zheng & Zou, 1992 * † '' Lygaeus atavinus'' Heer, 1853 * † '' Lygaeus celasensis'' Theobald, 1937 * † '' Lygaeus dasypus'' Heer, 1853 * † '' Lygaeus dellachiaje'' Hope *, 1847 * † '' Lygaeus deprehensus'' Heyden, 1859 * † '' Lygaeus deucalionis'' Heer, 1853 * † '' Lygaeus elongatiabdominalis'' Theobald, 1937 * † '' Lygaeus faeculentus'' Scudder, 1890 * † '' Lygaeus gracilentus'' Forster *, 1891 * † '' Lygaeus gratiosus'' Forster *, 1891 * † '' Lygaeus heeri'' Slater, 1964 * † '' Lygaeus obscurellus'' Theobald, 1937 * † '' Lygaeus obsolescens'' Scudder, 1890 * † '' Lygaeus stabilitus'' Scudder, 1890 * † '' Lygaeus tinctus'' Heer, 1853

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* * {{Authority control Lygaeidae Hemiptera of Europe Insect pests of millets