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Nysius

{{Short description|Genus of true bugs}}

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| image = Nysius ericae.jpg

| image_caption = Nysius ericae

| taxon = Nysius

| authority = Dallas, 1852

| diversity_link = List of Nysius species

| diversity = at least 100 species

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Nysius is a genus of false chinch bugs in the family Lygaeidae. At least 100 described species are placed in Nysius.

Like other seed bugs, some species in the genus have proven to be crop pests of wheat and other grains (including N. huttoni), as well as many vegetables. A unique Hawaiian radiation of the genus contains almost a quarter of the world's species (26), as well as the most diverse character set seen in the genus. In addition, two closely related species (colloquially known as wēkiu bugs) found on Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea on the island of Hawai'i, are different from the rest of Nysius by exhibiting reduced nonfunctional wings, and feed on dead and dying insects (N. wekiuicola, N. aa {{cite journal |author=Polhemus, D. A. |year=1998 |title=Nysius aa (Heteroptera: Lygaeidae), a new species of micropterous wekiu bug from the summit of Mauna Loa volcano, Hawaii |journal=Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington |volume=100 |issue=1 |pages=25–31}}).

Species

The genus contains the following species:

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Gallery

847-nysius-graminicola.jpg|Nysius graminicola

Nysius caledoniae male.jpg|Nysius caledoniae male

Nysius ericae 01.JPG|Nysius ericae

Nysius helveticus.jpg|Nysius helveticus

Nysius helveticus 01.jpg|Nysius helveticus

Nysius thymi.jpg|Nysius thymi

Nysius thymi (Lygaeidae sp.), Lentse Waard, the Netherlands.jpg|Nysius thymi

Nysius P1150751a.jpg|False chinch bug, Nysius

Nysius P1110280a.jpg|False chinch bug, Nysius

Nysius P1090527a.jpg|False chinch bug, Nysius

See also

References

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{{Cite web| title=Nysius Report

| url=https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=107868

| website=Integrated Taxonomic Information System

| access-date=2018-05-03

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{{Cite web| title=Browse Nysius

| url=http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/browse/tree/id/69299723e871d131c8a518594ac4d232

| website=Catalogue of Life

| access-date=2018-05-03

}}

{{Cite web| title=Nysius

| url=https://www.gbif.org/species/2007771

| website=GBIF

| access-date=2018-05-03

}}

{{Cite web| title=Nysius Genus Information

| url=https://bugguide.net/node/view/44404

| website=BugGuide.net

| access-date=2018-05-03

}}

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Further reading

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  • {{Cite book

| last1 = Arnett | first1 = Ross H. Jr.

| date = 2000

| title = American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico

| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=DKzAmSDdLtsC

| publisher = CRC Press

| edition = 2nd

| isbn = 0-8493-0212-9

}}

  • {{Cite book

| editor-last1 = Aukema | editor-first1 = Berend

| editor-last2 = Rieger | editor-first2 = Christian

| date = 2001

| title = Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region, vol. 4: Pentatomorpha I: Aradidae, Lygaeidae, Piesmatidae, Malcidae, Berytidae, Colobathristidae, Largidae, Pyrrhocoridae

| publisher = The Netherlands Entomological Society

| isbn = 90-71912-21-3

}}

  • {{Cite book

| last1 = Blatchley | first1 = W.S.

| date = 1926

| title = Heteroptera, or true bugs of eastern North America, with especial reference to the faunas of Indiana and Florida

| publisher = Nature Publishing

| doi = 10.5962/bhl.title.6871

| doi-access = free

}}

  • {{Cite book

| editor-last1 = Henry | editor-first1 = Thomas J.

| editor-last2 = Froeschner | editor-first2 = Richard C.

| date = 1988

| title = Catalog of the Heteroptera, or True Bugs, of Canada and the Continental United States

| publisher = E. J. Brill

| isbn = 0-916846-44-X

}}

  • {{Cite book

| last1 = Slater | first1 = James Alexander

| date = 1964

| title = A Catalogue of the Lygaeidae of the World

| publisher = University of Connecticut

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  • {{Cite book

| last1 = Slater | first1 = James A.

| last2 = O'Donnell | first2 = Jane E.

| date = 1995

| title = A Catalogue of the Lygaeidae of the World (1960-1994)

| publisher = The New York Entomological Society

| isbn = 0-913-424-16-1

}}

  • {{Cite book

| last1 = Walker | first1 = Francis

| date = 1871

| title = Catalogue of the Specimens of Hemiptera Heteroptera in the Collection of the British Museum, pt. IV

| publisher = British Museum

| doi = 10.5962/bhl.title.9254

| doi-access = free

}}

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External links

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Category:Pentatomomorpha genera

Category:Endemic fauna of Hawaii