Hemiptera21 species

Family Stilt Bugs (Berytidae)

Berytidae is a family in the order Hemiptera. Browse 21 named species recorded in this family, or open an individual profile for its available identification and natural-history information.

Species in Berytidae (21)

Berytinus hirticornis

A larger (7-11mm) but very slender stilt-bug with erect hairs on the 1st antennal segment, which are longer than the width of the segment. The clubs of the 1st antennal segment and femora are pale. Good photographs of specimen showing key features As

Berytinus minor

A small (5-7mm), very slender, straw-coloured bug with short 2nd antennal segments. The 1st antennal segment has a black club, and the femora are tipped with brown (not black). The head is shorter than the pronotum. grassland with leguminous species

Berytinus montivagus

A small (5-7mm), very slender straw-coloured bug with short 2nd antennal segment. The 1st antennal segment club is brown and paler than the dark clubbed 4th segment. The ends of the hind femora are also dark. The tip of the wing membrane is rounded a

Gampsocoris decorus

Identification: live image Type Locality: Two specimens of this interesting species were collected by Mr. H. H. Smith on low swampy land, in an open place, near sea at the south end of [St. Vincent], September 27.

Gampsocoris punctipes

Length 4 to 5 mm. Distinctive bug with a dark head and pronotum, pale annulated legs and a greenish abdomen. There is a long spine on the scutellum. Good photographs showing key features required. Feeds on Restharrow ( Ononis spp.) and is particularl

Jalysus spinosus

Identification: "The best way to tell [the two] apart is to look at the male genital capsule: J. wickhami has a distinct ridge while J. spinosus does not. However, that is not usually visible in photographs. They also differ in that J. wickhami , unl

Metacanthus tenellus

Identification: from specimens taken in Brownsville, Cameron Co., TX, "the legs and basal antennal segment are conspicuously speckled (emphasis added) with black and the distal antennal segments are dark with pale apices." iNaturalist First US record

Metatropis rufescens

Length 9 to 11 mm. This is a large orange-brown stiltbug. This species can be identified with care but there are similar species that it could be confused with. It is a woodland species associated with Enchanter's-nightshade. Feeds on the leaves of E

Oedalocanthus ornatus

Identification: distinguished from all other berytids by the white, rounded and conical tubercles on the anterior and basal edges of the pronotal lobe. (Henry, 1996) AZ record based on one spmn coll'ed @ Rustler's Park, ca. 8000', Cochise Co., 3-IX-1