Lygidea mendax, the apple red bug, is a species of plant bug in the family Miridae.[1][2][3] It is found in North America.[2]
| Lygidea mendax | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Family: | Miridae |
| Genus: | Lygidea |
| Species: | L. mendax
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| Binomial name | |
| Lygidea mendax Reuter, 1909
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References edit
- ^ "Lygidea mendax Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-02-16.
- ^ a b "Lygidea mendax Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-02-16.
- ^ "Lygidea mendax Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-16.
Further reading edit
- 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.
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