Lyctocoridae

Lyctocoridae
Lyctocoris dimidiatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Superfamily: Cimicoidea
Family: Lyctocoridae
Reuter, 1884

Lyctocoridae is a reconstituted family of bugs, formerly classified within the minute pirate bugs of the family Anthocoridae.[1] It is widely distributed, with one species (Lyctocoris campestris), being cosmopolitan.[2][3]

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