Alydidae
| Alydidae | |
|---|---|
| |
| Alydus calcaratus | |
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Superfamily: | Coreoidea |
| Family: | Alydidae Amyot & Serville, 1843 |
| Subfamilies | |
|
Alydinae | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Coriscidae Stichel, 1925 | |
Alydidae, commonly known as broad-headed bugs, is a
Mediterranean region.[1]
Names
Broad-headed bugs are known as knobe in the
Description
Broad-headed bugs are up to 10–12 millimetres (0.4–0.5 in) long, and have slender bodies. Some have long and very thin legs. The most notable characteristics of the family are that the head is broad, often similar in length and width to the
hemelytra
(forewings), allowing them to fly well, but in some the hemelytra are vestigial. The membranous part of the hemelytra have several closely spaced long veins.
Alydidae are generally of dusky or blackish coloration. The upperside of the
halitosis
.
Sometimes the adults have reduced wings. Both, nymphs and adults of some species, such as ant mimics and live in ant nests.[3]
Ecology
These bugs mainly inhabit fairly
heathland, steppe and savannas. Their main food is seeds, which they pierce with their proboscis to drink the nutritious fluids contained within. Some are economically significant pests, for example Leptocorisa oratoria on rice
.
Systematics
Two major lineages are generally accepted as
Leptocorisini of the Micrelytrinae.[5]
Genera
These 60 genera belong to the family Alydidae:[1][6]
- Acestra Dallas, 1852
- Alydus Fabricius, 1803
- Anacestra Hsiao, 1964
- Apidaurus Stål, 1870
- Bactrocoris Kormilev, 1953
- Bactrodosoma Stål, 1860
- Bactrophya Breddin, 1901
- Bactrophyamixia Brailovsky, 1991
- Bloeteocoris Ahmad, 1965
- Burtinus Stål, 1859
- Calamocoris Breddin, 1901
- Camptopus Amyot & Serville, 1843
- Cosmoleptus Stål, 1873
- Cydamus Stål, 1860
- Daclera Signoret, 1863
- Darmistus Stål, 1859
- Dulichius Stål, 1866
- Esperanza Barber, 1906
- Eudarmistus Breddin, 1903
- Euthetus Dallas, 1852
- Grypocephalus Hsiao, 1963
- Hamedius Stål, 1860
- Heegeria Reuter, 1881
- Hyalymenus Amyot & Serville, 1843
- Hypselopus Burmeister, 1835
- Leptocorisa Latreille, 1829
- Longicoris Ahmad, 1968
- Lyrnessus Stål, 1862
- Marcius Stål, 1865
- Megalotomus Fieber, 1860
- Melanacanthus Stål, 1873
- Micrelytra Laporte, 1833
- Mirperus Stål, 1860
- Mutusca Stål, 1866
- Nariscus Stål, 1866
- Nemausus Stål, 1866
- Neomegalotomus Schaffner & Schaefer, 1998
- Noliphus Stål, 1859
- Oxycranum Bergroth, 1910
- Paramarcius Hsiao, 1964
- Paraplesius Scott, 1874
- Planusocoris
- Protenor Stål, 1867
- Rimadarmistus Bliven, 1956
- Riptortus Stål, 1860
- Robustocephalus Ahmad, Abbas, Shadab & Khan, 1979
- Slateria Ahmad, 1965
- Stachyocnemus Stål, 1870
- Stachyolobus Stål, 1871
- Stenocoris Burmeister, 1839 (rice bugs)
- Tenosius Stål, 1860
- Tollius Stål, 1870
- Trachelium Herrich-Schäffer, 1850
- Tuberculiformia Ahmad, 1967
- Tupalus Stål, 1860
- Zulubius Bergroth, 1894
- † Heeralydus Štys & Riha, 1975
- † Orthriocorisa Scudder, 1890
- † Sulcalydus Štys & Riha, 1975
- † Willershausenia Popov, 2007
-
Riptortus sp. in Kerala -
Dulichius inflatus, ant mimic
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Alydidae.
- ^ a b Webb, Nick; Eades, David C. (2018). "family Alydidae Amyot & Serville, 1843". Coreoidea species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2019-05-01.
- ^ LexiRumah 2.2.3, ‘rice ear bug’/‘walang sangit’.
- .
- ^ I. Ahmad (1965). "The Leptocorisinae (Heteroptera: Alydidae) of the world". Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History. 5 (Supplement): 1–156.
- ^ Carl W. Schaefer (1999). "The higher classification of the Alydidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera)". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 101 (1): 94–98.
- ^ "Alydidae". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-05-01.