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Blissidae
The Blissidae are a family in the Hemiptera (true bugs), comprising nearly 50 genera and 400 species. The group has often been treated as a subfamily of the Lygaeidae, but was resurrected as a full family by Thomas Henry (1997). The adult insects are elongate, typically 4 times as long as broad and in some species 6 or even 7 times. Short-winged forms are common in many species. All the species feed on the sap (rather...
22 branches of this family, most-observed first
Wheat Chinch-bugs
genusIschnodemus
Chinch Bugs
genusBlissus
Dimorphopterus
genusDimorphopterus
Macropes
genusMacropes
Pirkimerus
genusPirkimerus
Macchiademus
genusMacchiademus
Iphicrates
genusIphicrates
Toonglasa
genusToonglasa
Bochrus
genusBochrus
Cavelerius
genusCavelerius
Extarademus
genusExtarademus
Australodemus
genusAustralodemus
Chelochirus
genusChelochirus
Spalacocoris
genusSpalacocoris
Archaeodemus
genusArchaeodemus
Heinsius
genusHeinsius
Riggiella
genusRiggiella
Capodemus
genusCapodemus
Wheelerodemus
genusWheelerodemus
Praeblissus
genusPraeblissus
Reticulatodemus
genusReticulatodemus
Blissiella
genusBlissiella
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 489050.