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Family Berytidae - Stilt Bugs

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Identification · Food · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)
Suborder Heteroptera (True Bugs)
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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