Family Berytidae - Stilt Bugs

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Identification · Food · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Slender bugs, mating on verbena/glandularia - Jalysus - male - female

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

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

Suborder Heteroptera (True Bugs)

Superfamily Lygaeoidea

Family Berytidae (Stilt Bugs)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Neididae and Berytinidae have been used. (1)

Numbers

Nearctica.com lists 7 genera and 13 species.

Insects of Cedar Creek lists 14 species.

Identification

Antennae have four segments, the fourth enlarged:

Food

Some species feed on plants, becoming pests on crops, while others feed on everything from aphids to large caterpillars.

See Also

This family is sometimes confused with the Marsh-treaders, Hydrometridae and Thread-legged Assassin Bugs, Emesinae (1).

Print References

Slater and Baranowski, pp. 99-102 (1)

Henry, T.J. 1997. Monograph of the stilt bugs, or Berytidae (Heteroptera), of the Western Hemisphere. Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Washington, 19: 1-149.

Internet References

Insects of Cedar Creek

Works Cited

1.	How to Know the True Bugs By Slater, James A., and Baranowski, Richard M.

Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Additional contributions by Mike Boone, cotinis, Brad Barnd, Chuck Entz
Last updated 30 July, 2008 - 9:55am

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