Galapagos Species Database

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Nysius usitatus Ashlock, 1972

Chinche de la semilla, Seed bugs, milkweed bugs

Phytophagous?; littoral to pampa zones; found under Portulaca; March-June.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Hemiptera

Suborder
Heteroptera

Superfamily
Lygaeoidea

Family
Lygaeidae

Section
Nysiini

Genus
Nysius

Species
usitatus

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Endemic

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

Distribution: Fernandina, Floreana, Isabela, Santa Cruz.

References

  • Ashlock, P.D. (1972) The Lygaeidae of the Galápagos Islands (Hemiptera: Heteroptera). Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., Forth Series 39(8): 87-103.
  • Froeschner, R.C. (1985) Synopsis of the Heteroptera or True Bugs of the Galápagos Islands. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 407: 1-84.
  • Linsley, E.G. (1977) Insects of the Galápagos (Supplement). Occassional Papers of the Califoria Academy of Sciences 125: 1-50.
  • Peck, S.B. (2001) Smaller Orders of Insects of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador: Evolution, Ecology, and Diversity. NRC Research Press, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 278 pp.

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