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Family Rhyparochromidae - Dirt-colored Seed Bugs
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 Lygaeoidea
Family Rhyparochromidae (Dirt-colored Seed Bugs)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes formerly treated as subfamily of Lygaeidae (1)(2)(3)Explanation of Names Rhyparochromidae Amyot & Serville 1843
Numbers ~170 spp. in >60 genera in our area (4); ~1,900 spp. in >370 genera of 2 subfamilies & 14 tribes worldwide (5)Identification helpful illustrated keys in (1)(2)
Head usually with 2 setae near eyes. Pronotum usually rounded laterally.
Family RHYPAROCHROMIDAE
Subfamily Plinthisinae
Genus Plinthisus Stephens 1829
Subfamily Rhyparochrominae
Genera Antillocoris Kirkaldy 1904, Botocudo Kirkaldy 1904, Cligenes Distant 1893, Paurocoris Slater 1980
Genera Drymus Fieber 1860, Eremocoris Fieber 1860, Gastrodes Westwood 1840, Scolopostethus Fieber 1860, Thylochromus Barber 1928, Togodolentus Barber 1918
Genera Atrazonotus Slater & Ashlock 1966, Delochilocoris Bergroth 1893, Emblethis Fieber 1860, Malezonotus Barber 1918, *Spinigernotus Scudder 1984, Trapezonotus Fieber 1860
Genera Cistalia Stål 1874, Cryphula Stål 1874, Neopetissius O’Donnell 2001, Paragonatas Barber 1939, Valtissius Barber 1918, Xestocoris Van Duzee 1906
Genera Lamprodema Fieber 1860, Megalonotus Fieber 1860, Sphragisticus Stål 1872
Genera Ashlockaria Harrington 1980, Caenopamera Barber 1918, Carpilis Stål 1874, Cnemodus Herrich-Schaeffer 1850, Ereminellus Harrington 1980, Froeschneria Harrington 1980, Heraeus Stål 1862, Kolenetrus Barber 1918, Ligyrocoris Stål 1872, Myodocha Latreille 1807, Neopamera Harrington 1980, Pachybrachius Hahn 1826, Paraheraeus Dellapé, Melo & Henry 2016 (6), Paromius Fieber 1860, Perigenes Distant 1893, Prytanes Distant 1893, Pseudocnemodus Barber 1911, Pseudopachybrachius Malipatil 1978, Pseudopamera Distant 1882, Ptochiomera Say 1832, Sisamnes Distant 1893, Slaterobius Harrington 1980, Valonetus Barber 1918, Zeridoneus Barber 1918, Zeropamera Barber 1948
Genera Balboa Distant 1893, Ozophora Uhler 1871
Genera *Cordillonotus Scudder 1984, Dieuches Dohrn 1860, Orphnotrechus Sweet 1991, Peritrechus Fieber 1860, Raglius Stål 1872, Rhyparochromus Hahn 1826, Uhleriola Horváth 1908, Xanthochilus Stål 1872
Genus Stygnocoris Douglas & Scott 1865
Genera Neosuris Barber 1924, Tempyra Stål 1874
Range throughout NA and worldwide Food Almost all species feed principally on seeds. Only a few species may be predatory on other insects. One tribe mostly only in the Old World tropics, Cleradini, has many members that can and do actually feed on vertebrate blood. Clerada apicicornis is the only species known to also occur in the New World tropics, however, probably due to human transport. It consumes vertebrate blood, predates on other insects, and is known to bite humans. Print References Slater J.A. (1986) A synopsis of the zoogeography of the Rhyparochrominae (Heteroptera: Lygaeidae). J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. 94: 262-280. ( Full text)
Slater J.A., Woodward T.E. (1982) Lilliputocorini, a new tribe with six new species of Lilliputocoris, and a cladistic analysis of the Rhyparochrominae (Hemiptera, Lygaeidae). American Museum Novitates 2754: 1-23. ( Full text)
Sweet M.H. (1964) The biology and ecology of the Rhyparochrominae of New England (Heteroptera: Lygaeidae). Parts I & II. Entomol. Amer. 43: 1-124; 44: 1-201.
Works Cited | 1. | How to Know the True Bugs
Slater, James A., and Baranowski, Richard M. 1978. Wm. C. Brown Company. | |
| 2. | The Lygaeidae of Florida (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae).
Slater & Baranowski. 1990. Florida Dept. of Ag. and Consumer Services, Gainesville. xv + 211 pp. | |
| 5. | 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. | |
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