Lygaeus

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

Species
These 69 species belong to the genus Lygaeus:


 * Lygaeus alboornatus Blanchard, 1852
 * Lygaeus analis Dallas, 1852
 * Lygaeus argutus Brailovsky, 1982
 * Lygaeus ashlocki Brailovsky, 1978
 * Lygaeus bahamensis Barber & Ashlock, 1960
 * Lygaeus bettoni Distant, 1901
 * Lygaeus buettikeri Hamid & Hamid, 1985
 * Lygaeus coccineus Barber, 1923
 * Lygaeus cognatus Walker, 1872
 * Lygaeus creticus Lucas, 1853
 * Lygaeus cruentatus Costa, 1839
 * Lygaeus dichrous Montrouzier, 1855
 * Lygaeus discifer Motschulsky, 1863
 * Lygaeus dives Distant, 1918
 * Lygaeus dohertyi Distant, 1904
 * Lygaeus equestris (Linnaeus, 1758) (black-and-red bug)
 * Lygaeus flavescens Winkler & Kerzhner, 1977
 * Lygaeus flavomarginatus Matsumura, 1913
 * Lygaeus formosanus Shiraki, 1913
 * Lygaeus froeschneri Brailovsky, 1978
 * Lygaeus hanseni Jakovlev, 1883
 * Lygaeus inaequalis Walker, 1872
 * Lygaeus kalmii Stal, 1874 (small milkweed bug)
 * Lygaeus leucospilus Walker, 1870
 * Lygaeus longiusculus Walker, 1872
 * Lygaeus lugubris Montrouzier, 1855
 * Lygaeus mauli Faúndez, Carvajal, Diez & Raffo, 2021
 * Lygaeus melanostolus (Kiritshenko, 1928)
 * Lygaeus multiguttatus Herrich-Schaeffer, 1850
 * Lygaeus murinus (Kiritshenko, 1913)
 * Lygaeus negus Distant, 1918
 * Lygaeus oppositus Brailovsky, 1978
 * Lygaeus oreophilus (Kiritshenko, 1931)
 * Lygaeus pallipes Wolff, 1804
 * Lygaeus peruvianus Brailovsky, 1978
 * Lygaeus pubicornis Fabricius, 1775
 * Lygaeus quadratomaculatus Kirby, 1891
 * Lygaeus reclivatus Say, 1825 (southern small milkweed bug)
 * Lygaeus scabrosus Fabricius, 1775
 * Lygaeus sexpustulatus (Fabricius, 1775)
 * Lygaeus signatus Costa, 1862
 * Lygaeus simulans Deckert, 1985
 * Lygaeus sipolisi Fallou, 1891
 * Lygaeus sjostedti (Lindberg, 1934)
 * Lygaeus slateri Gorski, 1968
 * Lygaeus taitensis Guerin, 1838
 * Lygaeus teraphoides Jakovlev, 1890
 * Lygaeus tristriatus Herrich-Schaeffer, 1850
 * Lygaeus truculentus Stal, 1862
 * Lygaeus trux Stal, 1862
 * Lygaeus turcicus Fabricius, 1803 (false milkweed bug)
 * Lygaeus vaccaroi Mancini, 1954
 * Lygaeus vicarius Winkler & Kerzhner, 1977
 * Lygaeus wangi Zheng & Zou, 1992
 * † Lygaeus atavinus Heer, 1853
 * † Lygaeus celasensis Theobald, 1937
 * † Lygaeus dasypus Heer, 1853
 * † Lygaeus dellachiaje Hope *, 1847
 * † Lygaeus deprehensus Heyden, 1859
 * † Lygaeus deucalionis Heer, 1853
 * † Lygaeus elongatiabdominalis Theobald, 1937
 * † Lygaeus faeculentus Scudder, 1890
 * † Lygaeus gracilentus Forster *, 1891
 * † Lygaeus gratiosus Forster *, 1891
 * † Lygaeus heeri Slater, 1964
 * † Lygaeus obscurellus Theobald, 1937
 * † Lygaeus obsolescens Scudder, 1890
 * † Lygaeus stabilitus Scudder, 1890
 * † Lygaeus tinctus Heer, 1853