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Definition of Genus Lygus
1. Noun. Plant-sucking bugs.
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Genus
Group relationships: Capsidae, Family Capsidae, Family Miridae, Miridae
Member holonyms: Lygus Bug
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Lygus
Literary usage of Genus Lygus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences by California Academy of Sciences (1895)
"This type of structure is exceptional in the genus Lygus, and when specimens of
both sexes can be obtained for dissection, it is possible ..."
2. Transactions of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society.: Horticultural Hall by Massachusetts Horticultural Society, W.D. Ticknor & Co, James Englebert Teschemacher (1892)
"A true bug, an undetermined species of the genus Lygus, injured young pear trees
at South Byron, ..."
3. The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine by Nathaniel Lloyd and Company (1890)
"... and two examples of P. nigrita, Fall., were obtained this year in July.
All the genus Lygus are represented, except pastinaca, Fall., ..."
4. A Sketch of the Natural History of the District of Columbia Together with an by Waldo Lee McAtee (1918)
"Knight, HH A revision of the genus Lygus as it occurs in America north of Mexico,
with biological data on species from New York. Bui. ..."
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