Oncopeltus
Genus of true bugs
Oncopeltus is a genus of seed bugs in the family Lygaeidae , which has at least 40 described species.[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] [ 4]
Oncopeltus varicolor
Large milkweed bug molting from third to fourth instar. Scenes of the molting followed by the entire molt at fifteen times speed. Last is superposition before to just after molt showing the increased size already.
Species
These 40 species belong to the genus Oncopeltus :
Oncopeltus atrorufus (Guerin, 1838)
Oncopeltus aulicus Fabricius, 1775
Oncopeltus bergianus Kirkaldy, 1909
Oncopeltus bicinctus (Montrouzier, 1861)
Oncopeltus bueanus Karsch, 1892
Oncopeltus cayensis Torre-Bueno, 1944
Oncopeltus cingulifer Stal, 1874
Oncopeltus confusus Horvath, 1914
Oncopeltus erebus Distant, 1918
Oncopeltus famelicus Fabricius, 1781
Oncopeltus fasciatus (Dallas, 1852) (large milkweed bug)
Oncopeltus femoralis Stal, 1874
Oncopeltus guttaloides Slater, 1964
Oncopeltus jacobsoni Horvath, 1914
Oncopeltus limbicollis Horvath, 1914
Oncopeltus longicornis Horvath, 1914
Oncopeltus longirostris Stal, 1874
Oncopeltus luctuosus (Stal, 1867)
Oncopeltus maoricus (Walker, 1872)
Oncopeltus mayri Slater, 1964
Oncopeltus microps Horvath, 1914
Oncopeltus miles (Blanchard, 1852)
Oncopeltus nigriceps (Dallas, 1852)
Oncopeltus nigripennis Horvath, 1914
Oncopeltus nigroflavatus Distant, 1918
Oncopeltus niloticus Distant, 1918
Oncopeltus orourkeae Faúndez & Rocca, 2017
Oncopeltus peringueyi (Distant, 1911)
Oncopeltus pictus Van Duzee, 1907
Oncopeltus purpurascens Distant, 1901
Oncopeltus quadriguttatus Fabricius, 1775
Oncopeltus sandarachatus (Say, 1831)
Oncopeltus sanguineolentus Van Duzee, 1914 (blood-colored milkweed bug)
Oncopeltus semilimbatus Stal, 1874
Oncopeltus sexmaculatus Stal, 1874 (six-spotted milkweed bug)
Oncopeltus sordidus (Dallas, 1852)
Oncopeltus spectabilis Van Duzee, 1909
Oncopeltus unifasciatellus Slater, 1964
Oncopeltus varicolor (Fabricius, 1794)
Oncopeltus zonatus (Erichson, 1848)
References
Further reading
Slater, James A.; O'Donnell, Jane E. (1995). A Catalogue of the Lygaeidae of the World (1960–1994) . The New York Entomological Society. ISBN 978-0-913-424-16-2 .
Aukema, Berend; Rieger, Christian, eds. (2001). Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region, Vol. 4: Pentatomorpha I: Aradidae, Lygaeidae, Piesmatidae, Malcidae, Berytidae, Colobathristidae, Largidae, Pyrrhocoridae . The Netherlands Entomological Society. ISBN 978-90-71912-21-4 .
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