The Blissidae are a family in the

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(true bugs), comprising nearly 50 genera and 400 species. The group has often been treated as a subfamily of the

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es, 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

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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 * '' 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 * ''

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'' 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 * '' 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 * '' Tympanoblissus'' Dellapé & Minghetti, 2020 * '' Wheelerodemus'' Henry & Sweet, 2015 * '' Xenoblissus'' Barber, 1954

References

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