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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Pentatomomorpha » Leatherbugs (Coreoidea) » Scentless Plant Bugs (Rhopalidae)

Family Rhopalidae - Scentless Plant Bugs

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Food · See Also · Works Cited
Unknown Rhopalid - Arhyssus Red and Black Bugs - Boisea trivittata Jadera 02 - Jadera Stictopleurus species? - Stictopleurus punctiventris True Bug - Boisea trivittata Scentless Plant Bug - Arhyssus lateralis Eastern Boxelder Bug - Boisea trivittata
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)
Suborder Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Infraorder Pentatomomorpha
Superfamily Coreoidea (Leatherbugs)
Family Rhopalidae (Scentless Plant Bugs)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
'Corizidae'
Explanation of Names
Rhopalidae Amyot & Serville 1843
common name refers to the greatly reduced scent gland opening(1)
Numbers
2 subfamilies, with ~40 spp. in 10 genera in our area(2) and >200 spp. in ~20 genera worldwide(1)
Overview of our fauna (* –taxa not yet in the guide; classification follows(3)):
Family Rhopalidae
Subfamily Rhopalinae
Tribe *Chorosomatini *Chorosoma
Tribe Harmostini Aufeius, Harmostes
Tribe Niesthrini Arhyssus, Niesthrea
Tribe Rhopalini Liorhyssus, Brachycarenus, Stictopleurus
Subfamily Serinethinae Boisea, Jadera
Size
4-15+ mm(1)
Identification
No scent glands; many veins on front wing membrane(4)
Resemble small Coreidae. Ocelli distinctly raised.
Key to eastern spp. in(5)
Key to Florida species and most NA genera in(6)
Range
much of the world, incl. our area(3)
Food
seeds of herbaceous plants, but some are arboreal(7)(8)
See Also
some members of Coreidae and Lygaeoidea look similar, e.g.:
Works Cited
1.Biodiversity of the Heteroptera
Henry T.J. 2009. In: Foottit R.G., Adler P.H., eds. Insect biodiversity: Science and society. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell: 223−263.
2.The first Chorosoma (Hemiptera: Rhopalidae: Rhopalinae: Chorosomatini) from the New World: Chorosoma josifovi nov. sp.
Schwartz M.D., Schaefer C.W., Lattin J.D. 2008. pp. 339-348 in: Grozeva S., Simov N. (Eds) Advances in Heteroptera research... Pensoft Publishers, Sofia–Moscow.
3.Livermore L.J.R., Lemaître V.A., Dolling W.R., Webb M.D. Coreoidea species file online. Version 5.0
4.American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico
Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.
5.Rhopalus (Brachycarenus) tigrinus, recently established in North America, with a key to the genera and species of Rhopalidae...
Hoebeke E.R., Wheeler A.G., Jr. 1982. Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 84: 213‒224.
6.Steill J., Meyer J. (2003) The Rhopalidae of Florida
7.Borror and DeLong's Introduction to the Study of Insects
Norman F. Johnson, Charles A. Triplehorn. 2004. Brooks Cole.
8.Bugs of the World
George C. McGavin. 1999. Blandford Press.
Contributed by Cotinis on 3 May, 2004 - 9:43am
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod, Boris Bueche, v belov
Last updated 9 September, 2019 - 7:35am

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