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True Bugs of Zihuatanejo

SUBORDER HETEROPTERA

Neortholomus Seed Bugs

Neortholomus (Genus)

-Animals (Kingdom Animalia)

-Arthropods (Phylum Arthropoda)

-Hexapods (Subphylum Hexapoda)

-Insects (Class Insecta)

-Winged and Once-winged Insects (Subclass Pterygota)

-​True Bugs, Hoppers, Aphids, and Allies (Order Hemiptera)

-True Bugs (Suborder Heteroptera)​

-Pentatomomorph Bugs (Infraorder Pentatomomorpha)

-Seed Bugs and Allies (Superfamily lygaeoidea)

-Family Lygaeidea​

-Subfamily Orsillinae

-Tribe Orsillini

-Genus Neortholomus


Neortholomus is a genus of seed bugs in the family Lygaeidae, a group of true bugs that are primarily seed feeders. Primarily phytophagous, feeding on seeds, fruits, and sometimes other plant parts. They use piercing-sucking mouthparts to extract nutrients from seeds.

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