Family Alydidae - Broad-headed Bugs

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Habitat · Food · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Works Cited

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Broad-headed Bug (Alydus pilosulus) Cape May NJ 08-10-09 - Alydus pilosulus

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

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

Suborder Heteroptera (True Bugs)

Family Alydidae (Broad-headed Bugs)

Explanation of Names

From genus Alydus--that name has unclear origin.

Numbers

Twelve genera north of Mexico (1)

Identification

Similar to Coreidae but head is broad and nearly as long as pronotum. Body usually long and narrow.

Habitat

Fairly common on foliage of shrubs, weeds and grass; along roadsides and in wooded areas.

Food

All phytophagous (1)

Remarks

Many stink worse than stink bugs, Pentatomidae.

See Also

Leaf-footed bugs, Coreidae

Seed bugs, Lygaeidae

Print References

(2)

Works Cited

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

2.	Borror and DeLong's Introduction to the Study of Insects By Norman F. Johnson, Charles A. Triplehorn

Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Beatriz Moisset, Mike Quinn
Last updated 24 November, 2009 - 12:38am

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