Ischnorhynchinae
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Ischnorhynchinae is a subfamily of seed bugs in the family
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 ...
. There are about 16 genera and more than 70 described species in Ischnorhynchinae. The members of this subfamily are small,
terrestrial Terrestrial refers to things related to land or the planet Earth. Terrestrial may also refer to: * Terrestrial animal, an animal that lives on land opposed to living in water, or sometimes an animal that lives on or near the ground, as opposed to ...
insects that typically translucent or transparent plate-like structures covering the thorax ( pronota) and tend to live in plant
flowers A flower, sometimes known as a bloom or blossom, is the reproductive structure found in flowering plants (plants of the division Angiospermae). The biological function of a flower is to facilitate reproduction, usually by providing a mechanism ...
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Genera

These 16 genera belong to the subfamily Ischnorhynchinae: * '' Acanthocrompus'' Scudder, 1958 * '' Caprhiobia'' Scudder, 1962 * '' Cerocrompus'' Scudder, 1958 * '' Congolorgus'' Scudder, 1962 * '' Crompus'' Stal, 1874 * '' Kleidocerys'' Stephens, 1829 * '' Koscocrompus'' Scudder, 1958 * '' Kualisompus'' Scudder, 1962 * '' Madrorgus'' Scudder, 1962 * '' Neocrompus'' China, 1930 * '' Neokleidocerys'' Scudder, 1962 * '' Oreolorgus'' Scudder, 1962 * '' Polychisme'' Kirkaldy, 1904 * '' Pylorgus'' Stal, 1874 * '' Rhiophila'' Bergroth, 1918 * '' Syzygitis'' Bergroth, 1921


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External links

* Lygaeidae {{pentatomomorpha-stub