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Family Rhopalidae - Scentless Plant Bugs

probable seed bugs - Niesthrea louisianica Thick-legged bug - Harmostes Scentless Plant Bug - Harmostes reflexulus Boisea rubrolineata 01 - Boisea rubrolineata Scentless Plant Bug? Unknown bug - Jadera bug - Arhyssus plant bug? - Jadera haematoloma
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)
Suborder Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Family Rhopalidae (Scentless Plant Bugs)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Formerly classified as family Corizidae by some sources.
Numbers
Arnett lists 36 North American species in 9 genera. (1)
Nearctica.com lists 10 genera and 40 species for North America.
Size
body length 5-14 mm
Identification
No scent glands; many veins in front wings. (1)
Resemble small species of Coreidae. Ocelli distinctly raised.
Range
most of United States and southern Canada
Print References
Arnett, Order 20 (Hemiptera), family #6, p. 257. (1)