Blissidae

Blissidae
Ischnodemus sabuleti
Scientific classification
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 over 400 species.[2][3] The group has often been treated as a subfamily of the Lygaeidae but was resurrected as a full family by Thomas Henry (1997).[4]

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.[3] 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 following genera of the family Blissidae are listed in the Lygaeoidea Species File:[2]

  1. Aradacrates Slater & Wilcox, 1969
  2. Aradademus Slater, 1967
  3. Archaeodemus Slater, 1986
  4. Atrademus Slater, 1967
  5. Aulacoblissus Slater, 1986[5]
  6. Australodemus Slater & Sweet, 1963
  7. Barademus Slater, 1967
  8. Barrerablissus Brailovsky, 2015
  9. Blissiella Slater, 1967
  10. Blissus Burmeister, 1835 (chinch bugs)
  11. Bochrus Stål, 1861
  12. Brailovskyodemus Henry & Dellapé, 2024
  13. Capodemus Slater & Sweet, 1972
  14. Cavelerius Distant, 1903
  15. Caveloblissus Slater & Wilcox, 1968
  16. Chelochirus Spinola, 1839
  17. Cundinablissus Brailovsky, 2022
  18. Dentisblissus Slater, 1961
  19. Dimorphopterus Stål, 1872
  20. †Eoblissus Garrouste, Schubnel & Nel, 2019
  21. Extarademus Slater & Wilcox, 1966
  22. Extaramorphus Slater, Ashlock & Wilcox, 1969
  23. Gelastoblissus Slater & Wilcox, 1969
  24. Hasanobochrus Ghauri, 1982
  25. Heinsius (bug) Distant, 1901
  26. Heteroblissus Barber, 1954
  27. Howdenoblissus Stys, 1991[6]
  28. Iphicrates (bug) Distant, 1903
  29. Ischnocoridea Horváth, 1893
  30. Ischnodemus Fieber, 1837
  31. Lemuriblissus Slater, 1967
  32. Lucerocoris Slater, 1968
  33. Macchiademus Slater & Wilcox, 1973
  34. Macropes Motschulsky, 1859
  35. Merinademus Slater, 1967
  36. Metafemorademus Henry & Dellapé, 2024
  37. Micaredemus Slater, 1967
  38. Napoblissus Brailovsky & Barrera, 2012[7]
  39. Patritius Distant, 1901
  40. Pirkimerus Distant, 1904
  41. Praeblissus Barber, 1949
  42. Praetorblissus Slater, 1966
  43. Procellademus Slater & Wilcox, 1966
  44. Propinquidemus Slater, 1986
  45. Prosternademus Henry & Dellapé, 2024
  46. †Prosthoblissus Boderau, Nel & Engel, 2025
  47. Pseudoblissus Slater, 1979
  48. Ramadademus Slater, 1967
  49. Reticulatodemus Slater & Wilcox, 1966
  50. Riggiella Kormilev, 1949
  51. Scansidemus Slater & Wilcox, 1969
  52. Scintillademus Slater, 1968
  53. Slaterellus Drake & Davis, 1959
  54. Spalacocoris Stål, 1874
  55. Talpoblissus Slater & Wilcox, 1973
  56. Toonglasa Distant, 1893[8]
  57. Tympanoblissus Dellapé & Minghetti, 2020
  58. Wheelerodemus Henry & Sweet, 2015
  59. 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 Dellapé, Pablo M.; Henry, Thomas J. (2025). "family Blissidae Stål, 1862". Lygaeoidea Species File. Retrieved 2025-11-17.
  3. ^ a b 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.
  4. ^ 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.
  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.
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