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) |

  • Lygaeus equestris  8969
    Lygaeus equestris (Linnaeus, 1758)  Ritterwanze  Black-and-Red-bug 
    Lygaeus equestris
    DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf; 2019-09-21 12:23:59
    Image number: 8969

    DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf
    2019-09-21 12:23:59

  • Lygaeus equestris  3292
    Lygaeus equestris (Linnaeus, 1758)  Ritterwanze  Black-and-Red-bug 
    Lygaeus equestris
    GR, Kreta; 2004-09-06 15:24:05
    Image number: 3292

    GR, Kreta
    2004-09-06 15:24:05

  • Lygaeus equestris  4969
    Lygaeus equestris (Linnaeus, 1758)  Ritterwanze  Black-and-Red-bug 
    Lygaeus equestris
    GR, Korfu, Dassia; 2011-08-30 10:32:00
    Image number: 4969

    GR, Korfu, Dassia
    2011-08-30 10:32:00

  • Lygaeus equestris, larva  4970
    Lygaeus equestris (Linnaeus, 1758)  Ritterwanze  Black-and-Red-bug 
    Lygaeus equestris, larva
    GR, Korfu, Dassia; 2011-08-30 10:34:38
    Image number: 4970
    larva
    GR, Korfu, Dassia
    2011-08-30 10:34:38


Classification:
Lygaeus equestris belongs to the subfamily Lygaeinae.

References, further reading, links:
  1. 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.