Liocoris
Genus of true bugs
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Liocoris is a genus of plant bugs belonging to the family Miridae, subfamily Mirinae. It has only one species.
| Liocoris | |
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| Liocoris tripustulatus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Family: | Miridae |
| Tribe: | Mirini |
| Genus: | Liocoris Fieber, 1858 |
In 1955 it was briefly considered as the home of the "Lygus bugs" due to the morphological studies of Leonard A. Kelton,[1] but the decision of the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN) in 1963[2] allowed them to stay in genus Lygus.[3] The species that Kenton described in 1955 as Liocoris are now classified as Lygus.[4]
Species
- Liocoris tripustulatus (Fabricius, 1781)
Reclassified
- Liocoris borealis is now Lygus borealis (Kelton, 1955)
- Liocoris rufidorsus is now Lygus rufidorsus (Kelton, 1955)
- Liocoris unctuosus is now Lygus unctuosus (Kelton, 1955)
