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Stilt Bugs
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Stilt Bugs

Berytidae

Berytidae is a family of the order Hemiptera ("true bugs"), commonly called stilt bugs or thread bugs (not to be confused with the thread-legged bugs, Emesinae). Most berytids are brown to yellow, with species that are plant sap feeders, a few being predaceous. About 200 species are known from all around the world and they are classified into three subfamilies.

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3 branches of this family, most-observed first

Metacanthinae

subfamilyMetacanthinae

Berytinae

subfamilyBerytinae

Gampsocorinae

subfamilyGampsocorinae

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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 57804.