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A Preliminary Study of Family Lygaeidae from Andhra Pradesh, India
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The present paper provides information on 30 species belonging to Lygaeidae family under 20 genera from Andhra Pradesh from the unidentified collections housed in Zoological Survey of India. Of them, 27 species are new records to Andhra Pradesh state. Distribution of each species with measurements and ratios of various body parts were taken as additional diagnostic characters along with key to identification have been provided.
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Distribution, First Record, Lygaeid Fauna, Pests, Small Bugs.
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