Family Thyreocoridae - Negro Bugs

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Habitat · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)

Suborder Heteroptera (True Bugs)

Family Thyreocoridae (Negro Bugs)

Other Common Names

Ebony Bugs

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Cormelaenidae

Size

3-6mm (1)

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. (1)

Habitat

Common on flowers and other vegetation. (1)

Print References

Borror & White, p. 126, figure on p. 127 (1)

Internet References

U. of Florida Entomology and Nematology Family: Thyreocoridae Amyot and Serville, 1843 (Heteroptera)

Insects of Cedar Creek Page

Works Cited

1.	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, Chuck Entz
Last updated 2 June, 2008 - 10:22am

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