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Lygaeus creticus

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Lygaeus creticus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Lygaeidae
Subfamily: Lygaeinae
Genus: Lygaeus
Species:
L. creticus
Binomial name
Lygaeus creticus
Lucas, 1853

Lygaeus creticus is a species of seed bug in the family Lygaeidae.[1] It is found in areas around the Mediterranean Sea.[2]

Taxonomy

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Lygaeus creticus was first formally named in 1853 by French entomologist Hippolyte Lucas in Essai sur les animaux articulés qui habitent l'île de Crète.[3]

Description

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Both nymphs (image) and adults (image) of Lygaeus creticus are aposematically colored.[4]

Reproduction

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Egg mean clutch size has been noted as 20.7 ± 1.76 for once‐mated females.[5] Males have been observed to harass female Lygaeus equestris.[6]

Diet

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Lygaeus creticus is phytophagous[7] on Nerium oleander and Sorbus cretica.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Lygaeus creticus". iNaturalist.
  2. ^ van der Heyden T (2017). "First records of Lygaeus creticus Lucas, 1854 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Lygaeidae: Lygaeinae) for Albania and France" (PDF). Arquivos Entomoloxicos. 18: 65–6.
  3. ^ a b "Lygaeus creticus Lucas, 1853". GBIF—the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
  4. ^ Burdfield-Steel ER (2012). The causes and consequences of reproductive interference in the Lygaeidae (Doctoral dissertation) (PDF) (Ph.D. thesis). University of St Andrews.
  5. ^ Burdfield-Steel ER, Shuker DM (June 2014). "The evolutionary ecology of the Lygaeidae". Ecology and Evolution. 4 (11): 2278–301. doi:10.1002/ece3.1093. PMC 4201440. PMID 25360267.
  6. ^ Shuker DM, Currie N, Hoole T, Burdfield-Steel ER (April 1, 2015). "The extent and costs of reproductive interference among four species of true bug". Population Ecology. 57 (2): 321–331. doi:10.1007/s10144-014-0470-1. hdl:10023/6103.
  7. ^ Cianferoni F, Ceccolini F, Dioli P (January 24, 2018). "New records for Lygaeus creticus Lucas, 1854 in Italy and Corsica (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Lygaeidae)". Natural History Sciences (in Italian). 5 (1). doi:10.4081/nhs.2018.346 – via sisn.pagepress.org.