Hemiptera20 species

Family Bordered Plant Bugs (Largidae)

Largidae is a family in the order Hemiptera. Browse 20 named species recorded in this family, or open an individual profile for its available identification and natural-history information.

Species in Largidae (20)

Arhaphe carolina

Likely a Batesian mimic of mutillid wasps ( Hoffman 2005 )

Arhaphe mimetica

Identification: distinctive among congeners (glabrous, with smaller body)

Largus convivus

i have a student-collected male from Houston, TX [D. Swanson det. 2019]

Largus sculptilis

NB: i am still not convinced this form is not conspecific with L. cinctus , especially given the striking similarity of the parameres [ , Fig. 6a,c] plus the fact that the Largus from the Pacific Northwest (where only L. cinctus has been recorded) fi

Largus semipletus

Identification: discussed and illustrated in likely another variant of L. cinctus but for now it's reasonable to follow the most recent revisionary work of Brailovsky and treat it as a species