Neacoryphus bicrucis

Neacoryphus bicrucis is a species in the family Lygaeidae ("seed bugs"), in the order Hemiptera ("true bugs, cicadas, hoppers, aphids and allies").[1][2] The species is known generally as the "whitecrossed seed bug" or "ragwort seed bug".[3][4] The distribution range of Neacoryphus bicrucis includes Central America, North America, Oceania, and South America.[2]

Neacoryphus bicrucis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Hemiptera
Suborder:
Heteroptera
Infraorder:
Pentatomomorpha
Superfamily:
Lygaeoidea
Family:
Lygaeidae
Subfamily:
Lygaeinae
Genus:
Neacoryphus
Species:
N. bicrucis
Binomial name
Neacoryphus bicrucis
(Say, 1825)
Synonyms
  • Lygaeus bicrucis Say, 1825

References
  1. "Neacoryphus bicrucis Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-01-18.
  2. "Neacoryphus bicrucis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). Retrieved 2018-01-18.
  3. How to Know the True Bugs, Slater, James A., and Baranowski, Richard M. 1978. Wm. C. Brown Company.
  4. "Neacoryphus bicrucis Species Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-01-18.

Further reading
  • Henry, Thomas J., and Richard C. Froeschner, eds. (1988). Catalog of the Heteroptera, or True Bugs, of Canada and the Continental United States, xix + 958.
  • Nishida, Gordon M., ed. (2002). "Hawaiian Terrestrial Arthropod Checklist, 4th ed.". Bishop Museum Technical Reports no. 22, iv + 313.
  • Ross H. Arnett. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.
  • Thomas J. Henry, Richard C. Froeschner. (1988). Catalog of the Heteroptera, True Bugs of Canada and the Continental United States. Brill Academic Publishers.


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