Lygus Hahn, 1833
(a genus of capsids)

Lygus (a genus of capsids) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Lygus (a genus of capsids) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

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Lygus pratensis
a plantbug or grassbug
Species 1 trophisms
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusLygus (a genus of capsids)
TribeMirini (a tribe of capsid bugs)
SubfamilyMIRINAE (a subfamily of capsid bugs and grass bugs)
FamilyMIRIDAE (capsid bugs, plant bugs, and grassbugs)
SuperfamilyMIROIDEA (a superfamily of bugs)
InfraorderCimicomorpha (an infraorder of bugs)
SuborderHETEROPTERA (true bugs)
OrderHEMIPTERA (bugs)
Division Exopterygota (earwigs, grasshoppers, stoneflies, true bugs, and other insects with wings developing externally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Lygus (a genus of capsids)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Nau, B. 2004 Identification of plantbugs of the genus Lygus in Britain Het News Issue 203: 11.

Lygus (a genus of capsids) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Lygus (a genus of capsids):

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