Hemiptera38 species

Family Big-eyed Bugs (Geocoridae)

Geocoridae is a family in the order Hemiptera. Browse 38 named species recorded in this family, or open an individual profile for its available identification and natural-history information.

Species in Geocoridae (38)

Geocoris atricolor

Identification: Form more oblong, pronotum more elongate, scutellum narrower; piceous with a steely bluish glint, pale margins of hemelytra usually narrow or lacking. Det. v belov, 2011

Geocoris flavilineus

Identification: Black with pale margins and central line, orange head, and pale terminal ant. segment esp. basally Tab 18, Fig. 19 (Distant, 1880-1893) Photo - invasive.org

Florida Big-eyed Bug

Geocoris floridanus

Identification: similar to G. bullatus , but dorsum ivory white, colored punctures dark & distinct over entire surface, smaller, narrower, with antennae differently colored

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Geocoris frisoni

Identification: brachypterous, pale yellow, with regular, dense punctures on corium; vertex granulose, scutellum & calli entirely yellow

Western Big-eyed Bug

Geocoris pallens

Males of G. pallens and G. bullatus have white pigmentation on dorsal surface of the antennae; females do not (Tamaki & Weeks 1972)

Geocoris punctipes

Identification: Head with a fine, medial groove extending all the way from base of antennae to hind edge of head (see "lead 1" in key at bottom of page here from Barber ) Scutellum with lateral callosities (emphasis added), which are evident as small

Geocoris thoracicus

Identification: The markings of the pronotum are of an extremely variable character. Fieber’s type, or typical specimen, which I have been afforded an opportunity of examining, agrees more closely with my fig. 16, which, with fig. 15, may be taken as

Geocoris uliginosus

Identification: color variable; typical form almost uniformly black Form more oval, pronotum more transverse, scutellum strictly equilateral; without steely bluish glint, more or less broad margins of hemelytra pale. Dets. v belov

Isthmocoris imperialis

Identification: pronotum with a large emergent impunctate area Type Locality: Guatamala

Isthmocoris slevini

Identification: From Brailovsky: "...Easily recognized by having the pronotum shiny black with humeral angles and transverse stripe at anterior margin of pronotum yellowish white to yellowish brown."