Liocoris is a genus of plant bugs belonging to the family Miridae, subfamily Mirinae. It has only one species.
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| Liocoris tripustulatus | |
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| Genus: | Liocoris Fieber, 1858
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In 1955 it was briefly considered as the home of the "Lygus bugs" due to the morphological studies of Leonard A. Kelton,[1] but the decision of the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN) in 1963[2] allowed them to stay in genus Lygus.[3] The species that Kenton described in 1955 as Liocoris are now classified as Lygus.[4]
Species
edit- Liocoris tripustulatus (Fabricius, 1781)
Reclassified
edit- Liocoris borealis is now Lygus borealis (Kelton, 1955)
- Liocoris rufidorsus is now Lygus rufidorsus (Kelton, 1955)
- Liocoris unctuosus is now Lygus unctuosus (Kelton, 1955)
References
edit- ^ Kelton, Leonard A. (1955). "Genera and subgenera of the Lygus complex (Hemiptera: Miridae)". The Canadian Entomologist. 87 (7): 277–301. doi:10.4039/ent87277-7.
- ^ International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature Opinion 667 (1963)
- ^ Henry, Thomas J. & Lattin, J. D. (1987). "Taxonomic status, biological attributes, and recommendations for future work on the genus Lygus (Heteroptera: Miridae)". In Hedlund, R. C. & Graham, H. M. (eds.). Economic Importance and Biological Control of Lygus and Adelphocoris in North America (PDF). (ARS-64). Washington, D.C.: Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. pp. 54–68. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 January 2014.
- ^ Kelton, Leonard A. (1975). "The lygus bugs (genus Lygus Hahn) of North America (Heteroptera: Miridae)". Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada. 95: 1–101. doi:10.4039/entm10795fv.
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