Annotated List of the Family Lygaeidae Schilling, 1829 (Heteroptera) in Lib-ya

• Moftah Soliman El Meghrai

  Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Benghazi University, Benghazi-Libya

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In this study, subfamilies, genera, and species of Lygaeidae are given, accompanied by synonyms, local and general distribution. This study was carried out during the years 2007-2010 in the country of Libya. This study revealed the presence of 111 species in Libya under 52 genera to 8 subfamilies. 31 are recoded from Libya for the first time in the present study.

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