Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) ➔ Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods) ➔ Class Insecta (Insects) ➔ Order Hemiptera (Hemipterans) ➔ Family Lygaeidae (Groundbugs or seedbugs )
Lygaeus equestris (Linnaeus, 1758)
Ritterwanze Black-and-Red-bug
Synonyms and other combinations:
Cimex equestris (Linnaeus, C., 1758) |
Classification:
Lygaeus equestris belongs to the subfamily Lygaeinae.References, further reading, links:
- Dellapé P.M. & Henry T.J. (2017). LygaeoideaSF: Lygaeoidea Species File (version 5.0/5.0, Dec 2016). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2017 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds.). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2017. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-884X.