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Family Berytidae - Stilt 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 Berytidae (Stilt Bugs)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Neididae Kirkaldy 1902

Explanation of Names

Berytidae Fieber 1851

Numbers

3 subfamilies, with 12 spp. in 8 genera in our area and >160 spp. in >40 genera total(1)

Overview of our fauna (* –taxa not yet in the guide):

Family Berytidae

Subfamily Berytinae

Tribe Berytini Neoneides

Tribe Berytinini Berytinus

Subfamily Metacanthinae

Tribe Metacanthini Jalysus · Metacanthus

Subfamily Gampsocorinae

Tribe Gampsocorini Gampsocoris

Tribe Hoplinini Hoplinus · Oedalocanthus · Parajalysus · Pronotacantha

Size

2.3−16+ mm(2), our spp. 5−9 mm(3)

Range

worldwide and throughout NA(4)(5)

Food

Most are phytophagous, many may be host-specific, often associated with plants with glandular trichomes in Geraniaceae, Onagraceae, Scrophulariaceae, and Solanaceae; most hosts are eudicotyledonous angiosperms; Jalysus & Metacanthus feed on grasses. Facultative carnivory/saprophagy reported.(5)

See Also

Hydrometridae · Emesinae

Works Cited

1.	Dellapé P.M., Henry T.J. (2016) Lygaeoidea species file. Version 5.0

2.	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.

3.	American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.

4.	Monograph of the stilt bugs, or Berytidae (Heteroptera), of the Western Hemisphere Henry T.J. 1997. Mem. Ent. Soc. Wash. 19: 1-149.

5.	Zoological catalogue of Australia: Hemiptera: Heteroptera (Pentatomomorpha) Cassis G., Gross G.F. 2002. CSIRO Publishing, 751 pp.

Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Additional contributions by Mike Boone, cotinis, Bbarnd, Chuck Entz, Mike Quinn, v belov, zdanko
Last updated 13 October, 2023 - 4:40pm

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