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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Pentatomoidea » Negro Bugs (Thyreocoridae)

Family Thyreocoridae - Negro Bugs

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Habitat · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Beetle or Bug - Corimelaena lateralis Beetle? - Corimelaena pulicaria Bug Bug - Galgupha aterrima Beetle True Bug imitating Coccinellid - Galgupha Corimelaena Ebony bug 10.06.17 - Corimelaena pulicaria
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)
Suborder Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Superfamily Pentatomoidea
Family Thyreocoridae (Negro Bugs)
Other Common Names
Ebony Bugs, Black Bugs
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
=Cormelaenidae
often treated as part of Cydnidae (Thyreocorinae and Corymelaeninae)(1)
Numbers
>40 spp. in 4 genera in our area(2), TBA spp. in genera worldwide
Size
3-6 mm(3)
Identification
Shiny black, broad oval, convex shape. Tibiae have no spines or slender ones. Large scutellum covers most of abdomen and wings. Look like beetles but have 5-segmented antennae and 4-segmented beak.(3)
Habitat
Common on flowers and other vegetation(3)
Print References
Internet References
Key to FL spp. by Andersen et al. 2002
Works Cited
1.Biodiversity of the Heteroptera
By T.J. Henry
2.American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico
By Ross H. Arnett
3.A Field Guide to Insects
By Richard E. White, Donald J. Borror, Roger Tory Peterson
Contributed by Mike Boone on 11 September, 2004 - 3:44pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Stephen Cresswell, Chuck Entz, v belov, Harsi S. Parker
Last updated 13 April, 2012 - 4:43am

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