Oncopeltus sexmaculatus, the six-spotted milkweed bug, is a species of seed bug in the family Lygaeidae. It is found on islands in the Caribbean Sea, Central America, and North America.[1][2][3][4]
Oncopeltus sexmaculatus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hemiptera |
Suborder: | Heteroptera |
Family: | Lygaeidae |
Genus: | Oncopeltus |
Species: | O. sexmaculatus
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Binomial name | |
Oncopeltus sexmaculatus Stal, 1874
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References
edit- ^ "Oncopeltus sexmaculatus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ^ "Oncopeltus sexmaculatus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ^ "Oncopeltus sexmaculatus species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ^ Dellapé, Pablo M.; Henry, Thomas J. (2019). "species Oncopeltus sexmaculatus Stal, 1874". Lygaeoidea Species File. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
Further reading
edit- 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.
External links
edit- Media related to Oncopeltus sexmaculatus at Wikimedia Commons