Lygaeus

{{Short description|Genus of true bugs}}

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| image = Lygaeidae - Lygaeus equestris-001.jpg

| image_caption = Lygaeus equestris

| taxon = Lygaeus

| authority = Fabricius, 1794

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Lygaeus is a genus of seed bugs in the family Lygaeidae. There are more than 60 described species in Lygaeus.

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Species

These 69 species belong to the genus Lygaeus:

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References

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{{Cite web| title=Lygaeus

| url=https://www.gbif.org/species/2007851

| website=GBIF

| access-date=2018-05-02

}}

{{Cite web| title=Lygaeus Genus Information

| url=https://bugguide.net/node/view/266

| website=BugGuide.net

| access-date=2018-05-02

}}

{{Cite web

| access-date = 2021-10-05

| title = genus Lygaeus Fabricius, 1794

| date = 2021

| last1 = Dellapé | first1 = Pablo M.

| last2 = Henry | first2 = Thomas J.

| url = http://Lygaeoidea.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1210690

| website = Lygaeoidea Species File

}}

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