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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Scentless Plant Bugs (Rhopalidae)

Family Rhopalidae - Scentless Plant Bugs

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
bug - Rhopalus tigrinus Eastern Boxelder Bug - Boisea trivittata Leaffooted Bug ? - Boisea trivittata Jadera Haematoloma? - Jadera haematoloma Unknown Bug - Niesthrea louisianica Look like Box Elder Bugs - Boisea rubrolineata Scentless Plant Bug - Harmostes Red/Black Beetle - Boisea trivittata
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)
Internet References
Nearctica.com page on family
Insects of Cedar Creek account
key to Florida species:
Works Cited
1.American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico
By Ross H. Arnett
Contributed by Cotinis on 3 May, 2004 - 9:43am
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod, Boris Bueche
Last updated 10 March, 2008 - 3:34pm

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