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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 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. 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: * '' Aradacrates'' Slater & Wilcox, 1969 * '' Aradademus'' Slater, 1967 * '' Archaeodemus'' Slater, 1986 * '' Atrademus'' Slater, 1967 * '' Aulacoblissus'' Slater, 1986 * '' Australodemus'' Slater & Sweet, 1963 * '' Barademus'' Slater, 1967 * '' Barr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blissus
''Blissus'' is a genus in the true bug family Blissidae, commonly called chinch bugs in North America. The review by Slater (1979) listed 27 species. The species ''B. leucopterus'', ''B. occiduus'' and ''B. insularis'' are important pests of cereal crops and turf grasses in their different ranges in the United States. List of species * ''Blissus antillus'' Leonard, 1968 * '' Blissus arenarius'' Barber, 1918 ** ''Blissus arenarius maritimus'' Leonard, 1966 * '' Blissus barberi'' Leonard, 1968 * '' Blissus bosqi'' Drake, 1940 * '' Blissus brasiliensis'' Drake, 1951 * '' Blissus breviusculus'' Barber, 1937 * '' Blissus canadensis'' Leonard, 1970 * ''Blissus hygrobius'' (Jensen-Haarup, 1920) * ''Blissus insularis'' Barber, 1918 - southern chinch bug * ''Blissus iowensis'' Andre, 1937 * ''Blissus leucopterus'' (Say, 1831) - true chinch bug ** ''Blissus leucopterus hirtus'' Montandon, 1893 - hairy chinch bug * ''Blissus minutus'' (Blatchley, 1925) * ''Blissus mixtus'' Barber, 1937 * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ischnodemus Sabuleti
''Ischnodemus sabuleti'', also known as the European chinch bug, is a species of swarming true bug from the family Blissidae, which family also includes the American Chinch Bug ''Blissus leucopterus''. It was first described by Carl Fredrik Fallén in 1826. Description Adult bugs are 4-6mm long, very slender elliptical overall and have a black base color. The rear edge of the pronotum, parts of the hemelytra, the tibiae and tarsi, and the tips of the femora, are yellow-brown in colour. The species is dimorphic: some individuals are macropterous (fully winged) and others micropterous (very short winged). The two types are estimated to be roughly equally numerous. A form with wings of intermediate length is occasionally found. Nymphs are of a similar shape with the hind part of the abdomen scarlet. Distribution and Habitat The species is common in most of mainland Europe and absent only from the far North. It occurs also in the Western North Africa and further East thro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blissus Leucopterus
''Blissus leucopterus'', also known as the true chinch bug, is a small North American insect in the order Hemiptera and family Blissidae. It is the most commonly encountered species of the genus '' Blissus'', which are all known as chinch bugs. A closely related species is ''B. insularis'', the southern chinch bug. The name of the chinch bug is derived from the Spanish ', which refers to the bed bug and is in turn derived from the Latin ''cimex''. The chinch bug is not related to the bed bug, but took this name account of producing a similar smell to that of bed bugs when crushed. These bugs tend to gather on sunny, open patches of turfgrass. Due to their small size, chinch bugs are hardly noticeable, so they become problems, since they are considered pests that feed on stems of turfgrass and grain crops. Identification ''B. leucopterus'' is about long when fully developed. The adults' bodies vary in colour from dark red to brown with white wings and red legs. Young nymphs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lygaeidae
The Lygaeidae are a family in the Hemiptera (true bugs), with more than 110 genera in four subfamilies. The family is commonly referred to as seed bugs, and less commonly, milkweed bugs, or ground bugs. However, while many of the species feed on seeds, some feed on sap ( mucivory) or seed pods, others are omnivores and a few, such as the wekiu bug, are carnivores that feed exclusively on insects. Insects in this family are distributed across the world, including throughout North America. The family was vastly larger, but numerous former subfamilies have been removed and given independent family status, including the Artheneidae, Blissidae, Cryptorhamphidae, Cymidae, Geocoridae, Heterogastridae, Ninidae, Oxycarenidae and Rhyparochromidae, which together constituted well over half of the former family. The bizarre and mysterious beetle-like Psamminae were formerly often placed in the Piesmatidae, but this is almost certainly incorrect. Their true affiliations, however, are not en ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hemiptera
Hemiptera (; ) is an order (biology), order of insects, commonly called true bugs, comprising over 80,000 species within groups such as the cicadas, aphids, planthoppers, leafhoppers, Reduviidae, assassin bugs, Cimex, bed bugs, and shield bugs. They range in size from to around , and share a common arrangement of piercing-sucking Insect mouthparts, mouthparts. The name "true bugs" is often limited to the suborder Heteroptera. Entomologists reserve the term ''bug'' for Hemiptera or Heteroptera,Gilbert Waldbauer. ''The Handy Bug Answer Book.'' Visible Ink, 1998p. 1. which does not include other arthropods or insects of other orders such as Ant, ants, Bee, bees, Beetle, beetles, or Butterfly, butterflies. In some variations of English, all Terrestrial animal, terrestrial arthropods (including non-insect arachnids, and myriapods) also fall under the Colloquialism, colloquial understanding of ''bug''. Many insects with "bug" in their common name, especially in American English, belo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heinsius (bug)
Heinsius is a surname of Dutch and German origin. Notable people with that surname include: * Anthonie Heinsius (1641-1720), Dutch statesman * Daniel Heinsius (1580-1655), Dutch scholar and poet * Gottfried Heinsius (1709-1769), German mathematician, geographer and astronomer * Johann Julius Heinsius (1740-1812), German oil painter and miniaturist * Johann Samuel Heinsius (1686–1750), German bookseller and publisher * Nicolaas Heinsius the Elder (1620–1681), Dutch scholar and poet, son of Daniel Heinsius * Nicolaas Heinsius the Younger (1655–1718), Dutch physician and writer, son of Nicolaas the Elder See also * Heinsius (crater) Heinsius is an eroded lunar impact crater that lies in the southwestern part of the Moon. It is named after German astronomer Gottfried Heinsius. It is located to the northwest of the prominent crater Tycho, and rays from that formation pass to t ..., on the moon, named after Gottfried Heinsius * {{surname Surnames of Dutch origin Surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
