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Lygaeus equestris (Black-and-Red-bug)

Synonyms: Cimex equestris (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Lygaeus equestris, common name Black-and-Red-bug, is a species of ground bugs belonging to the family Lygaeidae, subfamily Lygaeinae.
View Wikipedia Record: Lygaeus equestris

Infraspecies

Lygaeus equestris equestris
Lygaeus equestris lactans
Lygaeus equestris sicilianus

Prey / Diet

Adonis vernalis (spring pheasant's eye)[1]
Castanea sativa (European chestnut)[1]
Vincetoxicum hirundinaria (White swallow-wort)[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Muscardinus avellanarius (hazel dormouse)1

Consumers

Pollinator of 
Drimia maritima (red squill)[2]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
♦ 2Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0