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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Pentatomomorpha » Lygaeoidea » Cymidae

Family Cymidae

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Habitat · Food · Works Cited
Tiny True Bug - Cymus discors swamp bug - Cymus discors Cymus - Cymus angustatus Heteroptera - Cymus luridus Cymus from Corral Springs - Cymus cf-californicus Cymus? - Cymus cf-californicus What Cymus is this (C. discors maybe ?) - Cymus discors Cymus? - Cymus
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 Cymidae
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
formerly treated as part of Lygaeidae
Explanation of Names
Cymidae Baerensprung 1860
Numbers
10 spp. in 2 genera in our area (all Cyminae), ~60 spp. in 13 genera of 2 subfamilies total(1)
Range
most spp. in the Old World; Cyminae occur in the Afrotropical, western Palaearctic and Nearctic Regions, the other (small) subfamily Australasian(2)
Habitat
often found in seedheads of hostplants in marshy areas
Food
seeds of monocots, primarily sedges (Cyperaceae) and rushes (Juncaceae), sometimes grasses (Poaceae)
Works Cited
1.Dellapé P.M., Henry T.J. (2016‒) Lygaeoidea species file
2.Zoological catalogue of Australia: Hemiptera: Heteroptera (Pentatomomorpha)
Cassis G., Gross G.F. 2002. CSIRO Publishing, 751 pp.
Contributed by tom murray on 22 May, 2006 - 7:20pm
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod, Ted Kropiewnicki, v belov, Arturo Santos
Last updated 13 October, 2023 - 4:50pm

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