Family Blissidae
Blissidae 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 Blissidae (21)
Blissus barberi
Blissus barberi
Identification: see spmn in the TTU Museum Type Locality: College Station, Brazos Co., Texas
Hairy Chinch Bug
Blissus leucopterus
Identification: Wings vary in length (from as long as the body to ⅓-½ body length) and bear a distinctive triangular black mark. during periods of abundance has caused massive damage to corn and small grains in the midwestem states
Ischnodemus sallei
Ischnodemus sallei
Ischnodemus sallei (Ischnodemus sallei) is a species in the family Blissidae, belonging to the order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies). It is classified within the suborder Heteroptera, superfamily Lygaeoidea. This species be
Myakka Bug
Ischnodemus variegatus
first collected in the US in Sarasota Co., FL 21.ix.2000
Wheelerodemus muhlenbergiae
Wheelerodemus muhlenbergiae
All specimens from Oklahoma were taken on M. reverchonii , a short bushy grass, whereas those in Texas were collected mostly on the much larger M. lindheimeri , with only a few found on the co-occurring M. reverchonii .
Blissus arenarius
Blissus arenarius
Blissus canadensis
Blissus canadensis
Southern Chinch Bug
Blissus insularis
Blissus minutus
Blissus minutus
Western Chinch Bug
Blissus occiduus
Blissus sweeti
Blissus sweeti
Ischnodemus brunnipennis
Ischnodemus brunnipennis
Ischnodemus conicus
Ischnodemus conicus
Ischnodemus falicus
Ischnodemus falicus
Ischnodemus fulvipes
Ischnodemus fulvipes
Ischnodemus genei
Ischnodemus genei
Ischnodemus hesperius
Ischnodemus hesperius
Ischnodemus macer
Ischnodemus macer
Ischnodemus quadratus
Ischnodemus quadratus
Ischnodemus rufipes
Ischnodemus rufipes
Toonglasa umbrata
Toonglasa umbrata