Nysius raphanus: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Hemiptera
- Family
- Lygaeidae
- Genus
- Nysius
- Species
- Nysius raphanus
- Scientific Name
- Nysius raphanus
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Nysius raphanus
Nysius raphanus (also known as the false chinch bug) is a small (no more than 1⁄8 inch) North American insect in the order Hemiptera and family Lygaeidae. They are grey to brown in color, with largely transparent wings, and can release an offensive odor similar to stinkbugs. They have no larval stage, instead going through several nymph stages with the nymphs resembling adults but having no wings. In high numbers false chinch bugs can cause significant plant damage.
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Nysius aa
- Nysius abnormis
- Nysius angustatus
- Nysius atlantidum
- Nysius beardsleyi
- Nysius blackburni
- Nysius caledoniae
- Nysius coenosulus
- Nysius communis
- Nysius contiguus
- Nysius convexus
- Nysius cymoides
- Nysius delectulus
- Nysius delectus
- Nysius ericae
- Nysius eximius
- Nysius expressus
- Nysius frigatensis
- Nysius fullawayi
- Nysius graminicola
- Nysius grandis
- Nysius groenlandicus
- Nysius helveticus
- Nysius hidakai
- Nysius huttoni
- Nysius immunis
- Nysius irroratus
- Nysius kinbergi
- Nysius lichenicola
- Nysius liliputanus
- Nysius longicollis
- Nysius monticolus
- Nysius naso
- Nysius neckerensis
- Nysius nemorivagus
- Nysius niger
- Nysius nihoae
- Nysius paludicolus
- Nysius picipes
- Nysius plebeius
- Nysius raphanus
- Nysius rubescens
- Nysius saundersianus
- Nysius senecionis
- Nysius simulans
- Nysius suffusus
- Nysius tenellus
- Nysius terrestris
- Nysius thymi
- Nysius turneri
- Nysius usitatus
- Nysius vinitor
- Nysius vulcanorum
- Nysius wekiuicola