Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) ➔ Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods) ➔ Class Insecta (Insects) ➔ Order Hemiptera (Hemipterans) ➔ Family Miridae (Plant bugs, grass bugs, capsid bugs )

Lygus pratensis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Gemeine Wiesenwanze

Synonyms and other combinations:

Cimex pratensis Linnaeus, 1758 | Cimex rubecula Goeze, 1778 | Cimex umbellatarum Scopoli, 1763 | Lygaeus umbellatarum Panzer, 1804 | Lygaeus viridulus Panzer, 1804 | Lygus alpinus (Kolenati, 1845) | Lygus osmanus Wagner, 1966 | Lygus pratensis Leston, 1957 ? | Lygus pratensis osmanus Wagner, 1966 | Lygus rubecula (Goeze, 1778) | Lygus viridulus (Panzer, 1804) | Phytocoris alpina Kolenati, 1845 |
(?: ambiguous synonym)

  • Lygus pratensis  3332
    Lygus pratensis (Linnaeus, 1758)  Gemeine Wiesenwanze   
    Lygus pratensis, det. Ringo Dietze
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald; 2009-07-26 13:18:34
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    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald
    2009-07-26 13:18:34
    det. Ringo Dietze
  • Lygus pratensis  4101
    Lygus pratensis (Linnaeus, 1758)  Gemeine Wiesenwanze   
    Lygus pratensis
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald; 2010-05-08 11:47:11
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    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald
    2010-05-08 11:47:11

  • Lygus pratensis  10261
    Lygus pratensis (Linnaeus, 1758)  Gemeine Wiesenwanze   
    Lygus pratensis
    DE, Chemnitz, Harthwald; 2021-08-08 14:57:14
    Image number: 10261

    DE, Chemnitz, Harthwald
    2021-08-08 14:57:14

  • Lygus pratensis  10262
    Lygus pratensis (Linnaeus, 1758)  Gemeine Wiesenwanze   
    Lygus pratensis
    DE, Chemnitz, Harthwald; 2021-08-08 14:57:14
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    DE, Chemnitz, Harthwald
    2021-08-08 14:57:14

  • Lygus pratensis  8943
    Lygus pratensis (Linnaeus, 1758)  Gemeine Wiesenwanze   
    Lygus pratensis
    DE, Chemnitz; 2019-08-24 10:12:38
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    DE, Chemnitz
    2019-08-24 10:12:38

  • Lygus pratensis, larva  8944
    Lygus pratensis (Linnaeus, 1758)  Gemeine Wiesenwanze   
    Lygus pratensis, larva
    DE, Chemnitz; 2019-08-16 10:01:18
    Image number: 8944
    larva
    DE, Chemnitz
    2019-08-16 10:01:18


Classification:
Lygus pratensis belongs to the subfamily Mirinae, tribe Mirini.

References, further reading, links:
  1. Schuh R.T. (2018). PBI Plant Bug: On-line Systematic Catalog of Plant Bugs (Insecta: Heteroptera: Miridae) (version Mar 2013). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2018 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/2018. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-884X.