Nysius

{{Short description|Genus of true bugs}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Nysius ericae.jpg | image_caption = ''Nysius ericae'' | taxon = Nysius | authority = Dallas, 1852 | diversity_link = List of Nysius species | diversity = at least 100 species }}

'''''Nysius''''' is a genus of false chinch bugs in the family Lygaeidae. At least 100 described species are placed in ''Nysius''.<ref name=itis/><ref name=catlife/><ref name=gbif/><ref name=bugref/>

Like other seed bugs, some species in the genus have proven to be crop pests of wheat and other grains (including ''N. huttoni''), as well as many vegetables. A unique Hawaiian radiation of the genus contains almost a quarter of the world's species (26), as well as the most diverse character set seen in the genus. In addition, two closely related species (colloquially known as wēkiu bugs) found on Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea on the island of Hawai'i, are different from the rest of ''Nysius'' by exhibiting reduced nonfunctional wings, and feed on dead and dying insects (''N. wekiuicola'', ''N. aa'' <ref>{{cite journal |author=Polhemus, D. A. |year=1998 |title=''Nysius aa'' (Heteroptera: Lygaeidae), a new species of micropterous wekiu bug from the summit of Mauna Loa volcano, Hawaii |journal=Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington |volume=100 |issue=1 |pages=25–31}}</ref>).

==Species== The genus contains the following species: {{div col|colwidth=20em}} * ''Nysius aa'' Polhemus, 1998 * ''Nysius abnormis'' Usinger, 1942 * ''Nysius albipennis'' Distant, W.L., 1913 * ''Nysius angustatus'' Uhler, 1872 * ''Nysius angustellus'' (Blanchard, 1852) * ''Nysius atlantidum'' Horváth, 1890 * ''Nysius baeckstroemi'' Bergroth, 1924 * ''Nysius beardsleyi'' Ashlock, 1966 * ''Nysius blackburni'' White, 1881 * ''Nysius caledoniae'' Distant, 1920 * ''Nysius cargadosensis'' Distant, W.L., 1909 * ''Nysius ceylanicus'' (Motschulsky, 1863) * ''Nysius chenopodii'' Usinger, 1942 * ''Nysius coenosulus'' Stål, 1859 * ''Nysius communis'' Usinger, 1942 * ''Nysius contiguus'' Walker, 1872 * ''Nysius convexus'' (Usinger, 1942) * ''Nysius cymoides'' (Spinola, 1837) * ''Nysius dallasi'' White, 1878 * ''Nysius delectulus'' Perkins, 1912 * ''Nysius delectus'' White, 1878 * ''Nysius dohertyi'' Distant, W.L., 1904 * ''Nysius ephippiatus'' Spinola, 1852 * ''Nysius ericae'' (Schilling, 1829) * ''Nysius erythynus'' Fernando, 1960 * ''Nysius euphorbiae'' Horvath, G., 1910 * ''Nysius eximius'' Stal, 1858 * ''Nysius expressus'' Distant, 1883 * ''Nysius femoratus'' Van Duzee, E.P., 1940 * ''Nysius feuerborni'' China, W.E., 1935 * ''Nysius frigatensis'' Usinger, 1942 * ''Nysius fucatus'' Usinger, 1942 * ''Nysius fullawayi'' Usinger, 1942 * ''Nysius fuscovittatus'' Barber, 1958 * ''Nysius gloriae'' Baena & García, 1999 * ''Nysius graminicola'' (Kolenati, 1845) * ''Nysius grandis'' Baker, 1906 * ''Nysius groenlandicus'' (Zetterstedt, 1838) * ''Nysius haeckeli'' (Leon *, 1890) * ''Nysius hardyi'' Ashlock, 1966 * ''Nysius helveticus'' (Herrich-Schäffer, 1850) * ''Nysius hidakai'' Nakatani, 2015 * ''Nysius huttoni'' White, F.B., 1878 * ''Nysius immunis'' (Walker, 1872) * ''Nysius inconspicuus'' Distant, 1903 * ''Nysius insoletus'' Barber, 1947 * ''Nysius irroratus'' (Spinola, 1852) * ''Nysius kinbergi'' Usinger, 1959 * ''Nysius lacustrinus'' Distant, 1909 * ''Nysius latus'' Wagner, 1958 * ''Nysius lichenicola'' Kirkaldy, 1910 * ''Nysius liliputanus'' Eyles & Ashlock, 1969 * ''Nysius longicollis'' Blackburn, 1888 * ''Nysius melanicus'' Distant, W.L., 1909 * ''Nysius minor'' Distant, W.L., 1909 * ''Nysius mixtus'' Usinger, 1942 * ''Nysius monticolus'' Distant, 1893 * ''Nysius neckerensis'' Usinger, 1942 * ''Nysius nemorivagus'' White, 1881 * ''Nysius niger'' Baker, 1906 * ''Nysius nigricornis'' Kerzhner, 1979 * ''Nysius nihoae'' Usinger, 1942 * ''Nysius nubilus'' Dallas, W.S., 1852 * ''Nysius oceanicus'' Usinger, R.L., 1937 * ''Nysius orarius'' Malipatil, 2005 * ''Nysius pacificus'' China, 1930 * ''Nysius pallipennis'' Walker, F., 1872 * ''Nysius palor'' Ashlock, 1963 * ''Nysius paludicola'' Barber, 1949 * ''Nysius paludicolus'' Barber, H.G., 1949 * ''Nysius picipes'' Usinger, R.L., 1937 * ''Nysius pilosulus'' Horvath, 1904 * ''Nysius plebejus'' (Distant, 1883) * ''Nysius procerus'' Distant, 1893 * ''Nysius puberulus'' Berg, 1895 * ''Nysius pulchellus'' Stal, C., 1859 * ''Nysius punctipes'' Stal, C., 1856 * ''Nysius raphanus'' Howard, 1872 * ''Nysius rhyparus'' Stål, 1859 * ''Nysius rubescens'' White, 1881 * ''Nysius salti'' Usinger, R.L., 1952 * ''Nysius sanctaehelenae'' White, F.B., 1877 * ''Nysius scutellatus'' Dallas, 1852 * ''Nysius senecionis'' (Schilling, 1829) * ''Nysius simulans'' Stål, 1859 * ''Nysius spectabilis'' Distant, 1901 * ''Nysius steeleae'' China, W.E., 1934 * ''Nysius stratus'' Scudder, 1890 * ''Nysius subcinctus'' Walker, F., 1872 * ''Nysius sublittoralis'' Perkins, 1912 * ''Nysius suffusus'' Usinger, 1942 * ''Nysius tasmaniensis'' Malipatil, 2005 * ''Nysius tenellus'' Barber, 1947 * ''Nysius terrae'' Scudder, 1890 * ''Nysius terrestris'' Usinger, 1942 * ''Nysius thymi'' (Wolff, 1804) * ''Nysius transcaspicus'' Wagner, 1958 * ''Nysius tritus'' Scudder, 1890 * ''Nysius usitatus'' Ashlock, 1972 * ''Nysius vecula'' Scudder, 1890 * ''Nysius veculus'' Scudder, S.H., 1890 * ''Nysius vinctus'' Scudder, 1890 * ''Nysius vinitor'' Bergroth, 1891 * ''Nysius vulcanorum'' Lindberg, H., 1958 * ''Nysius wekiuicola'' Ashlock & Gagne, 1983 {{Div col end}}

== Gallery == <gallery> 847-nysius-graminicola.jpg|''Nysius graminicola'' Nysius caledoniae male.jpg|''Nysius caledoniae'' male Nysius ericae 01.JPG|''Nysius ericae'' Nysius helveticus.jpg|''Nysius helveticus'' Nysius helveticus 01.jpg|''Nysius helveticus'' Nysius thymi.jpg|''Nysius thymi'' Nysius thymi (Lygaeidae sp.), Lentse Waard, the Netherlands.jpg|''Nysius thymi'' Nysius P1150751a.jpg|False chinch bug, ''Nysius'' Nysius P1110280a.jpg|False chinch bug, ''Nysius'' Nysius P1090527a.jpg|False chinch bug, ''Nysius'' </gallery>

==See also== * ''Nysius'' species

==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name=itis> {{Cite web| title=''Nysius'' Report | url=https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=107868 | website=Integrated Taxonomic Information System | access-date=2018-05-03 }}</ref> <ref name=catlife> {{Cite web| title=Browse ''Nysius'' | url=http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/browse/tree/id/69299723e871d131c8a518594ac4d232 | website=Catalogue of Life | access-date=2018-05-03 }}</ref> <ref name=gbif> {{Cite web| title=''Nysius'' | url=https://www.gbif.org/species/2007771 | website=GBIF | access-date=2018-05-03 }}</ref> <ref name=bugref> {{Cite web| title=''Nysius'' Genus Information | url=https://bugguide.net/node/view/44404 | website=BugGuide.net | access-date=2018-05-03 }}</ref> }}

==Further reading== {{Refbegin}} * {{Cite book | last1 = Arnett | first1 = Ross H. Jr. | date = 2000 | title = American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=DKzAmSDdLtsC | publisher = CRC Press | edition = 2nd | isbn = 0-8493-0212-9 }} * {{Cite book | editor-last1 = Aukema | editor-first1 = Berend | editor-last2 = Rieger | editor-first2 = Christian | date = 2001 | title = Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region, vol. 4: Pentatomorpha I: Aradidae, Lygaeidae, Piesmatidae, Malcidae, Berytidae, Colobathristidae, Largidae, Pyrrhocoridae | publisher = The Netherlands Entomological Society | isbn = 90-71912-21-3 }} * {{Cite book | last1 = Blatchley | first1 = W.S. | date = 1926 | title = Heteroptera, or true bugs of eastern North America, with especial reference to the faunas of Indiana and Florida | publisher = Nature Publishing | doi = 10.5962/bhl.title.6871 | doi-access = free }} * {{Cite book | editor-last1 = Henry | editor-first1 = Thomas J. | editor-last2 = Froeschner | editor-first2 = Richard C. | date = 1988 | title = Catalog of the Heteroptera, or True Bugs, of Canada and the Continental United States | publisher = E. J. Brill | isbn = 0-916846-44-X }} * {{Cite book | last1 = Slater | first1 = James Alexander | date = 1964 | title = A Catalogue of the Lygaeidae of the World | publisher = University of Connecticut }} * {{Cite book | last1 = Slater | first1 = James A. | last2 = O'Donnell | first2 = Jane E. | date = 1995 | title = A Catalogue of the Lygaeidae of the World (1960-1994) | publisher = The New York Entomological Society | isbn = 0-913-424-16-1 }} * {{Cite book | last1 = Walker | first1 = Francis | date = 1871 | title = Catalogue of the Specimens of Hemiptera Heteroptera in the Collection of the British Museum, pt. IV | publisher = British Museum | doi = 10.5962/bhl.title.9254 | doi-access = free }} {{Refend}}

==External links== {{Refbegin}} * {{Commons-inline}} * {{Wikispecies-inline}} {{Refend}}

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