Blissidae

Family of true bugs

Blissidae
Ischnodemus sabuleti
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Infraorder: Pentatomomorpha
Superfamily: Lygaeoidea
Family: Blissidae
Stål, 1862[1]

The Blissidae are a family in the Hemiptera (true bugs), comprising nearly 50 genera and 400 species.[2] The group has often been treated as a subfamily of the Lygaeidae but was resurrected as a full family by Thomas Henry (1997).[3]

The adult insects are elongate, typically four times as long as broad, and in some species, up to seven times. Short wings are common in many species.

All the species feed on the sap of plants, mostly grasses, and most of the species live between the sheaths of leaves.[2] The most economically important species is the true chinch bug, Blissus leucopterus, a destructive pest of corn crops in the United States.

List of genera

These 54 genera of the family Blissidae are listed in the Lygaeoidea Species File:[4][2]

  • Aradacrates Slater & Wilcox, 1969
  • Aradademus Slater, 1967
  • Archaeodemus Slater, 1986
  • Atrademus Slater, 1967
  • Aulacoblissus Slater, 1986[5]
  • Australodemus Slater & Sweet, 1963
  • Barademus Slater, 1967
  • Barrerablissus Brailovsky, 2015
  • Blissiella Slater, 1967
  • Blissus Burmeister, 1835 (chinch bugs)
  • Bochrus Stal, 1861
  • Capodemus Slater & Sweet, 1972
  • Cavelerius Distant, 1903
  • Caveloblissus Slater & Wilcox, 1968
  • Chelochirus Spinola, 1839
  • Dentisblissus Slater, 1961
  • Dimorphopterus Stal, 1872
  • Extarademus Slater & Wilcox, 1966
  • Extaramorphus Slater, Ashlock & Wilcox, 1969
  • Gelastoblissus Slater & Wilcox, 1969
  • Hasanobochrus Ghauri, 1982
  • Heinsius Distant, 1901
  • Heteroblissus Barber, 1954
  • Howdenoblissus Stys, 1991[6]
  • Iphicrates Distant, 1904
  • Ischnocoridea Horvath, 1892
  • Ischnodemus Fieber, 1837
  • Lemuriblissus Slater, 1967
  • Lucerocoris Slater, 1968
  • Macchiademus Slater & Wilcox, 1973
  • Macropes Motschulsky, 1859
  • Merinademus Slater, 1967
  • Micaredemus Slater, 1967
  • Napoblissus Brailovsky & Barrera, 2012[7]
  • Patritiodemus Slater & Ahmad, 1971
  • Patritius Distant, 1901
  • Pirkimerus Distant, 1904
  • Praeblissus Barber, 1949
  • Praetorblissus Slater, 1966
  • Procellademus Slater & Wilcox, 1966
  • Propinquidemus Slater, 1986
  • Pseudoblissus Slater, 1979
  • Ramadademus Slater, 1967
  • Reticulatodemus Slater & Wilcox, 1966
  • Riggiella Kormilev, 1949
  • Scansidemus Slater & Wilcox, 1969
  • Scintillademus Slater, 1968
  • Slaterellus Drake & Davis, 1959
  • Spalacocoris Stal, 1874
  • Talpoblissus Slater & Wilcox, 1973
  • Toonglasa Distant, 1893[8]
  • Tympanoblissus Dellapé & Minghetti, 2020
  • Wheelerodemus Henry & Sweet, 2015
  • Xenoblissus Barber, 1954

References

  1. ^ Stål, C. (1862). "Synopsis Coreidum et Lygaeidum Sueciae". Öfversigt Af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar. 19. p. 212.
  2. ^ a b c Slater, J.A. (1979). "The systematics, phylogeny, and zoogeography of the Blissinae of the world (Hemiptera, Lygaeidae)". Bulletin of the AMNH. 165 (1): 1–180. hdl:2246/1076.
  3. ^ Henry, T.J. (1997). "Phylogenetic analysis of family groups within the infraorder Pentatomomorpha (Hemiptera: Heteroptera), with emphasis on the Lygaeoidea". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 90 (3): 275–301. doi:10.1093/aesa/90.3.275.
  4. ^ Dellapé, Pablo M.; Henry, Thomas J. (2021). "family Blissidae Stål, 1862". Lygaeoidea Species File. Retrieved 2021-10-04.
  5. ^ Slater, J.A. (1986). "Aulacoblissus, a New Genus of Micropterous Blissinae from Venezuela (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae)". Florida Entomologist. 69 (4): 661–665. doi:10.2307/3495210. JSTOR 3495210.
  6. ^ Štys, P. (1991). "First apterous genus and species of Lygaeidae: Blissinae (Heteroptera)". Acta Entomologica Bohemoslovaca. 88 (3–4): 265–271.
  7. ^ Brailovsky, H.; Barrera, E. (2012). "A remarkable new Micropterous Blissidae (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Lygaeoidea) from South America". Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift. 59 (1): 43–45.
  8. ^ Slater, J.A.; Brailovsky, H. (1983). "Review of the Neotropical Genus Toonglasa (Hemiptera, Lygaeidae)" (PDF). Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 76 (3): 523–535. doi:10.1093/aesa/76.3.523. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-12-22. Retrieved 2014-12-16.

External links

  • Media related to Blissidae at Wikimedia Commons
  • Data related to Blissidae at Wikispecies
  • v
  • t
  • e
Extant Hemiptera families
Cicadomorpha
Cercopoidea
(froghoppers)
Cicadoidea
(cicadas)
Membracoidea
Fulgoromorpha
(planthoppers)
Fulgoroidea
Aleyrodoidea
  • Aleyrodidae (whiteflies)
Aphidoidea
(aphids)
Coccoidea
(scale insects)
  • Aclerdidae
  • Asterolecaniidae (pit scales)
  • Beesoniidae (beesoniids)
  • Carayonemidae (carayonemids)
  • Cerococcidae (ornate pit scales)
  • Coccidae (soft scales)
  • Conchaspididae
  • Dactylopiidae (cochineals)
  • Diaspididae (armored scales)
  • Eriococcidae (felt scales)
  • Halimococcidae (pupillarial palm scales)
  • Kermesidae
  • Kerriidae (lac scales)
  • Lecanodiaspididae (false pit scales)
  • Margarodidae (cottony cushion scales, giant coccids, ground pearls)
  • Micrococcidae (Mediterranean scales)
  • Monophlebidae (giant scales)
  • Ortheziidae (ensign scales)
  • Phenacoleachiidae (phenacoleachiids)
  • Phoenicococcidae (palm scales)
  • Pseudococcidae (mealybugs)
  • Putoidae (giant mealybugs)
  • Stictococcidae (stictococcids)
Phylloxeroidea
  • Adelgidae (woolly conifer aphids)
  • Phylloxeridae (phylloxerans)
Psylloidea
Suborder Heteroptera (with Coleorrhyncha)
Dipsocoromorpha
Enicocephalomorpha
Enicocephaloidea
Gerromorpha
(semiaquatic bugs)
Gerroidea
Hebroidea
  • Hebridae (velvet water bugs)
Hydrometroidea
  • Hydrometridae (marsh treaders or water measurers)
  • Macroveliidae
  • Paraphrynoveliidae
Mesovelioidea
(water treaders)
Leptopodomorpha
Nepomorpha
(true water bugs)
Corixoidea
  • Corixidae (water boatmen)
Nepoidea
  • Belostomatidae (giant water bugs)
  • Nepidae (water scorpions, needle bugs)
Ochteroidea
  • Gelastocoridae (toad bugs)
  • Ochteridae (velvety shore bugs)
Aphelocheiroidea
Naucoroidea
  • Naucoridae (creeping water bugs)
Notonectoidea
  • Notonectidae (backswimmers)
Pleoidea
Peloridiomorpha
(Coleorrhyncha)
Cimicomorpha
Cimicoidea
  • Anthocoridae (minute pirate bugs or flower bugs)
  • Cimicidae (bed bugs, bat bugs)
  • Curaliidae (Curalium cronini)
  • Joppeicidae
  • Lasiochilidae
  • Lyctocoridae
  • Medocostidae
  • Microphysidae
  • Miridae (plant bugs, leaf bugs, grass bugs)
  • Nabidae (damsel bugs)
  • Pachynomidae
  • Plokiophilidae
  • Polyctenidae (old world bat bugs)
  • Reduviidae (assassin bugs, wheel bugs, thread-legged bugs)
  • Thaumastocoridae (royal palm bugs)
  • Tingidae (lace bugs)
  • Velocipedidae
Pentatomomorpha
Aradoidea
  • Aradidae (flat bugs)
  • Termitaphididae (termite bugs)
Pentatomoidea
(shield bugs)
Coreoidea
Lygaeoidea
Pyrrhocoroidea
  • Pyrrhocoridae (red bugs, cotton stainers)
  • Largidae (bordered plant bugs)
Note: Coleorrhyncha are a different clade from Heteroptera. Heteroptera with Coleorrhyncha were referred to as Prosorrhyncha.
Taxon identifiers
Blissidae


Stub icon

This Lygaeoidea article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

  • v
  • t
  • e