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Cymidae
Family Cymidae
Classification
Kingdom
Animalia (Animals)
Phylum
Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum
Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class
Insecta (Insects)
Order
Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)
Suborder
Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Infraorder
Pentatomomorpha
Superfamily
Lygaeoidea
Family
Cymidae
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
formerly treated as part of Lygaeidae
Explanation of Names
Cymidae Baerensprung 1860
Numbers
10 spp. in 2 genera in our area (all Cyminae), ~60 spp. in 13 genera of 2 subfamilies total
(
1
)
Range
most spp. in the Old World; Cyminae occur in the Afrotropical, western Palaearctic and Nearctic Regions, the other (small) subfamily Australasian
(
2
)
Habitat
often found in seedheads of hostplants in marshy areas
Food
seeds of monocots, primarily sedges (Cyperaceae) and rushes (Juncaceae), sometimes grasses (Poaceae)
Works Cited
1.
Dellapé P.M., Henry T.J. (2016) Lygaeoidea species file. Version 5.0
2.
Zoological catalogue of Australia: Hemiptera: Heteroptera (Pentatomomorpha)
Cassis G., Gross G.F. 2002. CSIRO Publishing, 751 pp.
Contributed by
tom murray
on 22 May, 2006 - 7:20pm
Additional contributions by
Robin McLeod
,
Ted Kropiewnicki
,
v belov
,
Arturo Santos
Last updated 13 October, 2023 - 4:50pm