True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies
Order Hemiptera
The True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Order Hemiptera) includes 7,349 species across 120 families and 1,727 genera in our directory.
About True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies
Hemiptera (true bugs) includes over 80,000 described species across cicadas, aphids, leafhoppers, shield bugs, and bed bugs. Aphids alone cost global agriculture an estimated $2.5 billion annually in crop losses.
Economic Impact
The brown marmorated stink bug (Halyomorpha halys) caused $37 million in apple crop losses in a single year in the U.S. Mid-Atlantic region. Bed bug infestations in the U.S. increased by 500% between 2001-2010, costing the hotel industry hundreds of millions annually.
Ecological Role
Many Hemiptera are essential food sources for birds and predatory insects. Cicadas provide massive nutrient pulses during emergence events - a single Brood X emergence can involve trillions of individuals across 15 states.
Families in Hemiptera (120)
Species in Hemiptera (7,349)

Zygina hyperici
Zygina hyperici
Length: 2 to 3 mm. Zygina hyperci is sexually dimorphic; males are yellow with the apex of the scutellum dark; females are pale yellow and distinctively marked with broad dark red markings covering the majority of the scutellum and clavus. Chalk gras

Zyginella pulchra
Zyginella pulchra
Length 3.0 to 3.5 mm. A sexually dimorphic species; males have a red clavus and scutellum which varies in extent and intesity. Females lack the red markings. Both sexes have a greensh-yellow ground colour, a dark spot at wing apex and greyish apical

Zyginidia scutellaris
Zyginidia scutellaris
Length 2 to 2.5 mm. A very small leafhopper, yellowish in colour and often with greyish longitudinal stripes on the forewings. The three dark triangles on the scutellum are distinctive. Common (ref: UK Auchenorrhyncha checklist 2021 ) https://www.bri

apache-cinctifera-semicincta (Unsorted)
Diceroprocta apache-cinctifera-semicincta
Identification: Basic characters usu. include: Eyes: VARIABLE - Described as tan to reddish (rust-colored) Body: Usually dark, often with some reddish-brown coloration visible Pronotal Collar: VARIABLE (may be described as "bisected" with the anterio

dorsatus or tremulus
Megatibicen dorsatus-tremulus
Both T. dorsatus & T. tremulus are very similar in appearance and can be sympatric across parts of their ranges. Since they are so similar physically and overlap in range, some images may be difficult if not impossible to distinguish. For those ima

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Adelges laricis
The larvae of Adelges laricis cause galls on Spruce. The galls are waxy, creamy and relatively small. The winged female which matures on spruce is greyish to blackish, with a body length of 1.9 to 2.0 mm. For a full description of the life cycle see

possible undescribed species that feeds on smooth withe-rod
Enchenopa on-viburnum-nudum
Based on nymphal morphology, it is likely that this species is the same as the one on V. prunifolium . This, however, has yet to be tested.

undescribed species that feeds on nannyberry
Enchenopa on-viburnum-lentago
There are many Viburnum species which Enchenopa have been seen feeding on; it is unclear if there are multiple undescribed species involved at the present.

undescribed species that feeds on silverbell
Enchenopa on-halesia
this species is apparently in the process of being described, unlike most other members of the E. binotata complex The known undescribed species is on Halesia carolina , but there are recent records of an Enchenopa on Halesia tetraptera . Whether or

Acanalonia bonducellae
Acanalonia bonducellae

Acanalonia chloris
Acanalonia chloris

Acanalonia clarionensis
Acanalonia clarionensis

Acanalonia viriditerminata
Acanalonia viriditerminata

Acanthosoma denticaudum
Acanthosoma denticaudum

Acanthosoma labiduroides
Acanthosoma labiduroides

Acanthosoma spinicolle
Acanthosoma spinicolle

Aclerda berlesii
Aclerda berlesii

Aclerda holci
Aclerda holci
Aclerda laeliae
Aclerda laeliae
Aclerda namibensis
Aclerda namibensis
Aclerda subterranea
Aclerda subterranea

Aclerda wiltshirei
Aclerda wiltshirei

Adelges lapponicus
Adelges lapponicus

Adelges merkeri
Adelges merkeri

Adelges pectinatae
Adelges pectinatae

Adelges tardoides
Adelges tardoides

Adelges tardus
Adelges tardus

Adelges viridulus
Adelges viridulus

Aeneolamia contigua
Aeneolamia contigua
Aetalion brunovenosum
Aetalion brunovenosum
Aetalion fissum
Aetalion fissum

Aetalion minor
Aetalion minor
Aetalion nigrofacum
Aetalion nigrofacum
Aetalion pauciareolum
Aetalion pauciareolum

Aetalion pictum
Aetalion pictum

Aetalion rarobasale
Aetalion rarobasale
Aetalion ravobasale
Aetalion ravobasale

Aetalion reticulatum
Aetalion reticulatum

Agalmatium flavescens
Agalmatium flavescens

Allokermes essigi
Allokermes essigi

Amiarus dimidiatus
Amiarus dimidiatus

Anotia robertsonii
Anotia robertsonii

Anthocoris japonicus
Anthocoris japonicus

Aphrophora major
Aphrophora major

Aquarius adelaidis
Aquarius adelaidis

Aradus betulae
Aradus betulae

Aradus betulinus
Aradus betulinus

Aradus cinnamomeus
Aradus cinnamomeus

Aradus conspicuus
Aradus conspicuus

Aradus corticalis
Aradus corticalis

Aradus flavicornis
Aradus flavicornis

Aradus versicolor
Aradus versicolor

Arocatus roeselii
Arocatus roeselii

Aspidiotus bornmuelleri
Aspidiotus bornmuelleri

Aspidiotus hedericola
Aspidiotus hedericola

Aulacaspis murrayae
Aulacaspis murrayae

Berytinus clavipes
Berytinus clavipes

Brachyplatys funebris
Brachyplatys funebris

Brachyplatys punctipes
Brachyplatys punctipes

Brachyplatys vahlii
Brachyplatys vahlii

Cacopsylla melanoneura
Cacopsylla melanoneura

Cacopsylla pruni
Cacopsylla pruni

Cacopsylla pulchella
Cacopsylla pulchella

Caliscelis affinis
Caliscelis affinis

Caliscelis bolivari
Caliscelis bolivari

Caliscelis wallengreni
Caliscelis wallengreni

Calophya dicksoni
Calophya dicksoni
Calophya duvauae
Calophya duvauae

Calophya mammifex
Calophya mammifex

Calophya mangiferae
Calophya mangiferae

Calophya nigrella
Calophya nigrella

Calophya nigridorsalis
Calophya nigridorsalis

Calophya rhicola
Calophya rhicola

Calophya rhois
Calophya rhois

Calophya rubra
Calophya rubra

Calophya shinjii
Calophya shinjii

Cephisus siccifolius
Cephisus siccifolius

Ceratocombus aotearoae
Ceratocombus aotearoae
Ceratocombus brevipennis
Ceratocombus brevipennis

Ceratocombus coleoptratus
Ceratocombus coleoptratus

Ceratocombus corticalis
Ceratocombus corticalis

Ceratocombus novaezelandiae
Ceratocombus novaezelandiae

Ceratocombus plebejus
Ceratocombus plebejus
Ceratocombus stysi
Ceratocombus stysi
Cerococcus michaeli
Cerococcus michaeli

Cerococcus parrotti
Cerococcus parrotti
Cerococcus polyporus
Cerococcus polyporus

Chartoscirta cocksii
Chartoscirta cocksii

Chartoscirta elegantula
Chartoscirta elegantula

Chionomus puellus
Chionomus puellus

Cimex dissimilis
Cimex dissimilis

Cixidia pilatoi
Cixidia pilatoi

Clastoptera cimicoides
Clastoptera cimicoides

Clastoptera compta
Clastoptera compta

Colpoptera maculifrons
Colpoptera maculifrons

Colpoptera marginalis
Colpoptera marginalis

Corimelaena extensa
Corimelaena extensa

Corimelaena minuta
Corimelaena minuta

Corimelaena nigra
Corimelaena nigra

Crypticerya brasiliensis
Crypticerya brasiliensis