Biology:Lygaeus creticus
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Short description: Species of seed bug in the family Lygaeidae
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Scientific classification 
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| 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
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
Both nymphs (image) and adults (image) of Lygaeus creticus are aposematically colored.[4]
Reproduction
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
Lygaeus creticus is phytophagous[7] on Nerium oleander and Sorbus cretica.[3]
References
- ↑ "Lygaeus creticus". https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/488778-Lygaeus-creticus.
- ↑ "First records of Lygaeus creticus Lucas, 1854 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Lygaeidae: Lygaeinae) for Albania and France.". Arquivos Entomoloxicos 18: 65–6. 2017. https://dialnet.unirioja.es/descarga/articulo/6486914.pdf.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Lygaeus creticus Lucas, 1853". https://www.gbif.org/species/4486335.
- ↑ Burdfield-Steel ER (2012). The causes and consequences of reproductive interference in the Lygaeidae (Doctoral dissertation) (PDF) (Ph.D. thesis). University of St Andrews.
- ↑ "The evolutionary ecology of the Lygaeidae". Ecology and Evolution 4 (11): 2278–301. June 2014. doi:10.1002/ece3.1093. PMID 25360267.
- ↑ "The extent and costs of reproductive interference among four species of true bug". Population Ecology 57 (2): 321–331. April 1, 2015. doi:10.1007/s10144-014-0470-1.
- ↑ "New records for Lygaeus creticus Lucas, 1854 in Italy and Corsica (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Lygaeidae)." (in it). Natural History Sciences 5 (1). January 24, 2018. doi:10.4081/nhs.2018.346. https://sisn.pagepress.org/index.php/nhs/article/view/346.
Wikidata ☰ Q50402242 entry
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