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The Big-Eyed Bugs, Chinch Bugs, and Seed Bugs (Lygaeoidea)

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True Bugs (Heteroptera) of the Neotropics

Part of the book series: Entomology in Focus ((ENFO,volume 2))

Abstract

The Lygaeoidea, representing the second largest superfamily in the infraorder Pentatomomorpha, are one of the most diverse groups of Heteroptera with about 700 genera and more than 4,200 species in the world. In the Neotropics, about 184 genera and 836 species are included in 12 of the world’s 16 families. For each family, we provide a diagnosis; an overview of the classification; information on the general life history, ecology, and economic importance; and comprehensive keys to subfamilies, tribes, and genera for the Neotropical Region, including Mexico, Central and South America, and the West Indies.

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Notes

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    In the proof stage of this chapter, we discovered that we omitted the tribe Rhyparochromini and the adventive genera Dieuches Dohrn (see Henry and Froeschner 1993) and Elasmolomus Stål (see Slater 1972) from the keys.

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We are grateful to Gary Ouellette (Systematic Entomology Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service, US Department of Agriculture, c/o the National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC) for preparing the color plates included in this chapter and to Pavel Štys (Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic) and Alfred G. Wheeler (Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, USA) for their careful reviews of the manuscript and suggestions for its improvement.

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Henry, T.J., Dellapé, P.M., de Paula, A.S. (2015). The Big-Eyed Bugs, Chinch Bugs, and Seed Bugs (Lygaeoidea). In: Panizzi, A., Grazia, J. (eds) True Bugs (Heteroptera) of the Neotropics. Entomology in Focus, vol 2. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9861-7_16

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