lygæidæ

pl. [Mod. Lat. lygœ(us); Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff. -idœ.] Entom.: A family of Geocores or Land Bugs (q.v.). The scutellum is short and triangular; two ocelli, antenne four-jointed, springing from below a straight line drawn from the eyes to the base of the rostrum, which has four nearly joints. The membrane of the hemelytra has usually four or five longitudinal veins. Chief genera, Rhyparochromus, Platy gaster, and Lygæus (q.v.).