Hemiptera38 species

Family Scentless Plant Bugs (Rhopalidae)

Rhopalidae 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.

Guides

Boxelder Bug Guide

Species in Rhopalidae (38)

Western Boxelder Bug

Boisea rubrolineata

Identification: like B. trivittata , but veins of the corium are prominent and red-colored

Brachycarenus tigrinus

Length 6-7mm. Straw-coloured with extensive black markings on the head, adjacent to the eyes. Pronotum is speckled with black, particularly on the hind angles and the scutellum is also marked with black at the base. The head is noticeabl;y shorter th

Chorosoma schillingi

A very long and narrow straw-coloured bug, 14-16mm long, found in grasslands. It is usually brachypterous. Some Mirid bugs found in grasslands are also very long and thin, but do not have ocelli or membraneous wings Records should be accompanied by g

Cinnamon Bug

Corizus hyoscyami

Length 9 mm. A very handsome species which should be unmistakable. Although striking, it does bear a superficial resemblance to the red and black ground bugs (Lygaeidae); be sure to rule out Arocatus longiceps, which has recently been recorded in sou

Harmostes angustatus

Identification: The following characters were gleaned from although not explicitly mentioned as being diagnostic or unique to H. angustatus : Among the species of Harmostes found in the western United States ( angustatus , dorsalis , and reflexulus )

Harmostes dorsalis

Identification: The following characters were gleaned from although not explicitly mentioned as being diagnostic or unique to H. dorsalis : Among the species of Harmostes found in the western United States ( angustatus , dorsalis , and reflexulus ),

Harmostes fraterculus

Identification: Separated from H. reflexulus in having the scape not distinctly surpassing the apex of the head and the speckled costal margin of the hemelytra also, bicolored hind femora and parallel black lines in the hyaline portion of the wings

Harmostes serratus

Identification: distinguished from the nearctic congeners by the serrate lateral margin of the pronotum (other species may have very weakly denticulate margins, but in these species it is restricted to the anterior half of the margin)

Jadera coturnix

Identification: live images of adults and nymphs See diagram from Soapberry Bugs of the World illustrating placement of ocelli relative to compound eyes. In coturnix ocelli are more than one ocellar diameter from the edge of compound eyes; in hinnule

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Jadera hinnulea

some photos identified as J. coturnix may actually show hinnulea

Liorhyssus hyalinus

Length 6.5-7.5mm. Similar to Rhopalus and Stictopleurus species but usually has a very long wing membrane, which extends well beyond the body. The colouratios is very variable: individual with body colour yellow, reddish, greyish-yellow to darker bro

Myrmus miriformis

Length 6-8 mm (male) 8.5-10 mm (female). In contrast to other Rhopalid bugs, Myrmus miriformis is rather hairless as and adult and is elongate in shape, bearing a superficial resemblance to some of the Mirid grass bugs. Myrmus miriformis males have t

Niesthrea sidae

Identification: Color variable, ranging from gray through yellow to reddish yellow, usually with flecks to spots of brown or red scattered over pronotum, scutellum, pleura and venter of abdomen. Similar spots on veins of corium. (Sailer, 1961) Connex

Rhopalus subrufus

Length 7 to 7.5 mm. This genus comprises four species in the UK; all are rather hairy bugs with largely membranous forewings, which are usually reddish in colour. R. subrufus can be distinguished by the alternate dark and light bands on the connexivu

Stictopleurus abutilon

Length 7 to 8 mm. Two Stictopleurus species have recently become established in the UK which had previously been considered extinct. The genus is characterised by the banded connexivum and the spatulate tip to the scutellum. The two species are very

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Stictopleurus knighti

Identification: "Size and form of S. punctiventris (Dallas), the color generally more roseate" ; however, "Uhler note que S. punctiventris , tout comme d'ailleurs Arhyssus lateralis , deviennent parfois d'une couleur rouge qui transforme complètement

Stictopleurus punctatonervosus

Length 7 to 8 mm. The genus is characterised by the banded connexivum and the spatulate tip to the scutellum. There are two very similar species which are best separated with reference to the fine detail of the pronotum. In Stictopleurus punctatonerv