Lygidea

Lygidea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Heteroptera
Family:	Miridae
Tribe:	Mirini
Genus:	Lygidea Reuter, 1879

Lygidea is a genus of plant bugs in the family Miridae. There are about 10 described species in Lygidea.

Species

• Listronotus distinctus Henderson LS, 1941
• Lygidea annexa (Uhler, 1872)
• Lygidea essigi Van Duzee, 1925
• Lygidea illota (Stål, 1858)
• Lygidea mendax Reuter, 1909 (apple red bug)
• Lygidea obscura Reuter, 1909
• Lygidea rosacea Reuter, 1909
• Lygidea rubecula (Uhler, 1895)
• Lygidea salicis Knight, 1939
• Lygidea viburni Knight, 1923

Further reading

• Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. Vol. 2nd Edition. CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9.
• McGavin, George C. (1993). Bugs of the World. Facts on File. ISBN 0-8160-2737-4.
• Henry, Thomas J.; Froeschner, Richard C., eds. (1988). Catalog of the Heteroptera, or True Bugs, of Canada and the Continental United States. E. J. Brill. ISBN 0-916846-44-X.
• Kerzhner, I.M.; Josifov, M. (1999). Aukema, Berend; Rieger, Christian (eds.). Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region, vol. 3: Cimicimorpha II: Miridae. The Netherlands Entomological Society. ISBN 90-71912-19-1.
• Walker, Francis (1871). Catalogue of the Specimens of Hemiptera Heteroptera in the Collection of the British Museum, pt. IV. British Museum.
• Capinera, John L., ed. (2008). Encyclopedia of Entomology. Springer. ISBN 978-1402062421.
• Blatchley, W.S. (1926). Heteroptera of Eastern North America. Nature Publishing.