Lygus Hahn, 1833
(a genus of capsids)

Subtaxon				Example images	Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of images	No of ID refs
Lygus pratensis a plantbug or grassbug					Species		14 images
Lygus rugulipennis European Tarnished Plant Bug					Species		9 images

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Genus	Lygus (a genus of capsids)
Tribe	Mirini (a tribe of capsid bugs)
Subfamily	MIRINAE (a subfamily of capsid bugs and grass bugs)
Family	MIRIDAE (capsid bugs, plant bugs, and grassbugs)
Superfamily	MIROIDEA (a superfamily of bugs)
Infraorder	Cimicomorpha (an infraorder of bugs)
Suborder	HETEROPTERA (true bugs)
Order	HEMIPTERA (bugs)
Division	Exopterygota (earwigs, grasshoppers, stoneflies, true bugs, and other insects with wings developing externally)
Infraclass	Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Lygus is also a member of:
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Nau, B.	2004	Identification of plantbugs of the genus Lygus in Britain	Het News Issue 203: 11.

Lygus (a genus of capsids) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

MIRIDAE
(capsid bugs, plant bugs, and grassbugs)

Cimicomorpha
(an infraorder of bugs)

HETEROPTERA
(true bugs)

HEMIPTERA
(bugs)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Lygus (a genus of capsids)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Lygus (a genus of capsids)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Lygus is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)