Family Lygaeidae
(chinch bugs and seed bugs)

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Scientific names for Aves taxonomy (family and below) are from The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, Princeton University Press, copyright 2003. Used by permission.

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  Kingdom Animalia (animals)
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  Eumetazoa (metazoans)
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  Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
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  Protostomia (protostomes)
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  Ecdysozoa
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  Phylum Arthropoda (crustaceans, insects, spiders, and relatives)
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  Uniramia
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  Subphylum Hexapoda
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  Class Insecta (insects)
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  Subclass Pterygota (winged insects)
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  Superorder Neoptera
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  Order Hemiptera (true bugs and their relatives)
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  Heteroptera (true bugs)
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  Family Lygaeidae (chinch bugs and seed bugs)
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  Genus Antillocoris
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  Genus Ashlockaria
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  Genus Atrazonotus
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  Genus Balboa
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  Genus Belonochilus
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  Genus Blissus
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  Genus Botocudo
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  Genus Caenopamera
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  Genus Carpilis
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  Genus Cistalia
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  Genus Cligenes
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  Genus Cnemodus
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  Genus Cordillonotus
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  Genus Craspeduchus
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  Genus Crophius
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  Genus Cryphula
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  Genus Cymoderma
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  Genus Cymoninus
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  Genus Cymus
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  Genus Delochilocoris
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  Genus Drymus
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  Genus Dycoderus
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  Genus Emblethis
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  Genus Ereminellus
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  Genus Eremocoris
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  Genus Froeschneria
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  Genus Gastrodes
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  Genus Geocoris
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  Genus Heraeus
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  Genus Heterogaster
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  Genus Ischnodemus
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  Genus Isthmocoris
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  Genus Kleidocerys
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  Genus Kolenetrus
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  Genus Lamprodema
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  Genus Ligyrocoris
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  Genus Lygaeospilus
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  Genus Lygaeus
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  Genus Malezonotus
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  Genus Megalonotus
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  Genus Melanopleurus
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  Genus Myodocha
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  Genus Neacoryphus
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  Genus Neopamera
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  Genus Neortholomus
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  Genus Neosuris
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  Genus Nysius
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  Genus Ochrimnus
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  Genus Oedancala
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  Genus Oncopeltus
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  Genus Orsillacis
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  Genus Ozophora
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  Genus Pachybrachius
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  Genus Pachygrontha
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  Genus Paromius
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  Genus Paurocoris
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  Genus Perigenes
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  Genus Peritrechus
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  Genus Phlegyas
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  Genus Plinthisus
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  Genus Prytanes
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  Genus Pseudocnemodus
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  Genus Pseudopachybrachius
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  Genus Pseudopamera
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  Genus Ptochiomera
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  Genus Scolopostethus
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  Genus Sisamnes
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  Genus Slaterobius
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  Genus Sphragisticus
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  Genus Spinigernotus
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  Genus Stygnocoris
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  Genus Tempyra
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  Genus Thylochromus
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  Genus Togodolentus
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  Genus Toonglasa
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  Genus Trapezonotus
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  Genus Uhleriola
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  Genus Valonetus
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  Genus Valtissius
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  Genus Xestocoris
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  Genus Xyonysius
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  Genus Zeridoneus
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  Genus Zeropamera