Lygus punctatus
{{Short description|Species of true bug}}
{{Speciesbox
| image = Miridae - Lygus punctatus.JPG
| image_caption =Lygus punctatus. Adult
| genus = Lygus
| species = punctatus
| authority = (Zetterstedt, 1838)
| synonyms = {{collapsible list|bullets = true
|Liocoris columbiensis Lindberg, 1959
|Lygus campestris fuscorubra Strobl, 1900
|Lygus columbiensis Knight, 1917
|Lygus franzi Wagner, 1949
|Lygus fuscoruber Strobl, 1900
|Lygus rutilans Horvath, 1888
|Lygus rutilans franzi Wagner, 1949
|Lygus superiorensis Knight, 1917
|Lygus (Exolygus) punctatus Servadei, 1972
|Lygus (Lygus) punctatus Stys and Stusak, 1960
|Phytocoris punctata Zetterstedt, 1838}}
}}
Lygus punctatus is a species of plant bug in the family Miridae.
Distribution
This species can be found in most Europe[https://fauna-eu.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/c51d6625-8dd8-4286-bc4e-e0bcf48ae424 Fauna Euopaea] and Northern Asia (excluding China), North America, and Southern Asia.
Description
Lygus punctatus can reach a body length of about {{cvt|6|-|7|mm}}.[http://vilkenart.se/Art.aspx?Namn=Lygus%20punctatus Vilkenart] These bugs have shining and more or less distinct reddish, orange-red or brownish red pronotum and hemelytra. Lateral margin of pronotum is rounded. Scutellum is deeply punctate and not swollen. Middle of corium is less densely and less coarsely punctate than other parts of hemelytra.Majid Mirab-balou, Mohammad Khanjani [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228351656_Harmful_Hemiptera_of_Lygus_Genus_Miridae_Hemiptera_On_Alfalfa_Medicago_Sativa_L_In_Hamedan_Province_Western_Iran Harmful Hemiptera of Lygus Genus (Miridae, Hemiptera) On Alfalfa (Medicago Sativa L.) In Hamedan Province (Western Iran)] Journal of Plant Protection Research 48(3)
Biology
Adults have been recorded highly abundant on alfalfa (Medicago sativa).
References
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{{Cite web| title=Lygus punctatus Report
| url=https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=718482
| website=Integrated Taxonomic Information System
| access-date=2018-05-02
}}
{{Cite web| title=Lygus punctatus species details
| url=http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/details/species/id/c364fa86277e4ba496ec5125dac512e9
| website=Catalogue of Life
| access-date=2018-05-02
}}
{{Cite web| title=Lygus punctatus
| url=https://www.gbif.org/species/7783449
| website=GBIF
| access-date=2018-05-02
}}
{{Cite web| title=Lygus punctatus Species Information
| url=https://bugguide.net/node/view/478706
| website=BugGuide.net
| access-date=2018-05-02
}}
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Further reading
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- {{Cite book
| title = Revision of the Nearctic species of the genus Lygus Hahn, with a review of the Palaearctic species (Heteroptera: Miridae)
| date = 1998
| last1 = Schwartz | first1 = Michael D.
| last2 = Foottit | first2 = Robert G.
| series = Memoirs on Entomology, International| volume = 10
| isbn = 978-1-56665-066-3
| issn = 1083-6284
}}
- {{Cite web
| access-date = 2019-07-02
| title = On-line Systematic Catalog of Plant Bugs
| publisher = American Museum of Natural History
| url = http://research.amnh.org/pbi/catalog/
}}
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Category:Insects described in 1838
Category:Hemiptera of North America
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