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RESEARCH PRODUCT

<strong>Identification of the nymphal stages of two European seed bugs, <em>L. equestris</em> and <em>L. simulans</em> (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Lygaeidae), using DNA barcodes</strong>

Barbara LisJerzy A. LisDariusz J. Ziaja

subject

Old WorldDna barcodesGenusBotanyHeteropteraAnimal Science and ZoologyIdentification (biology)Biologybiology.organism_classificationLygaeidaeHemipteraEcology Evolution Behavior and Systematics

description

The genus Lygaeus Fabricius, 1794 includes more than fifty species, mainly distributed in the Old World regions, with 17 species known from the Palearctic (Pericart 2001; Wachmann et al. 2007), and only two from Central Europe, i.e., L . equestris (Linnaeus, 1758) and L . simulans Deckert, 1985 (Pericart 2001).

https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3608.2.5