The taxonomic diversity of the IKIP Lygaeidae holdings currently consists of five species in four genera. A check-list of these taxa, arranged alphabetically, is provided below and the islands on which they were collected, from south to north, is given in brackets (the islands are designated by two-letter Island Codes). All determinations were made by Dr. Izyaslav Kerzhner (see IKIP HEMIPTERA REPORT).

Genus Cymus

Cymus aurescens Distant, 1883 [IT]

Genus Drymus

Drymus orientalis Kerzhner, 1977 [KU]

Genus Nysius

Nysius expressus (Distant, 1883) [KU, IT, UR]

Nysius groenlandicus (Zetterstedt, 1838) [SA, PA]

Genus Scolopostethus

Scolopostethus thomsoni Reuter, 1874 [IT, UR, ON]

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