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)

Erasmoneura nigra
Erasmoneura nigra

Erasmoneura rubricata
Erasmoneura rubricata

Eratoneura abjecta
Eratoneura abjecta

Eratoneura acantha
Eratoneura acantha

Eratoneura adunca
Eratoneura adunca
Eratoneura arpegia
Eratoneura arpegia

Eratoneura beeri
Eratoneura beeri

Eratoneura bella
Eratoneura bella

Eratoneura bifida
Eratoneura bifida

Eratoneura bigemina
Eratoneura bigemina

Eratoneura bispinosa
Eratoneura bispinosa

Eratoneura brevipes
Eratoneura brevipes

Eratoneura comoides
Eratoneura comoides

Eratoneura confirmata
Eratoneura confirmata

Eratoneura delongi
Eratoneura delongi

Eratoneura dira
Eratoneura dira

Eratoneura direpta
Eratoneura direpta

Eratoneura emquu
Eratoneura emquu
Eratoneura forfex
Eratoneura forfex

Eratoneura fulleri
Eratoneura fulleri

Eratoneura gemina
Eratoneura gemina

Eratoneura gilesi
Eratoneura gilesi

Eratoneura haysensis
Eratoneura haysensis

Eratoneura hymac
Eratoneura hymac

Eratoneura igella
Eratoneura igella

Eratoneura imbricariae
Eratoneura imbricariae

Eratoneura inepta
Eratoneura inepta

Eratoneura lenta
Eratoneura lenta

Eratoneura linea
Eratoneura linea
Eratoneura lundi
Eratoneura lundi

Eratoneura lusoria
Eratoneura lusoria

Eratoneura macra
Eratoneura macra

Eratoneura manus
Eratoneura manus

Eratoneura marilandicae
Eratoneura marilandicae

Eratoneura micheneri
Eratoneura micheneri

Eratoneura millsi
Eratoneura millsi

Eratoneura mira
Eratoneura mira

Eratoneura mirifica
Eratoneura mirifica

Eratoneura nigriventer
Eratoneura nigriventer

Eratoneura noncuspidis
Eratoneura noncuspidis

Eratoneura opulenta
Eratoneura opulenta

Eratoneura paraesculi
Eratoneura paraesculi

Eratoneura parallela
Eratoneura parallela
Eratoneura parva
Eratoneura parva
Eratoneura propria
Eratoneura propria

Eratoneura pyra
Eratoneura pyra

Eratoneura restricta
Eratoneura restricta

Eratoneura rotunda
Eratoneura rotunda
Eratoneura rubraza
Eratoneura rubraza
Eratoneura trivittata
Eratoneura trivittata

Eratoneura ungulata
Eratoneura ungulata

Eratoneura unica
Eratoneura unica

Eratoneura usitata
Eratoneura usitata

Ereminellus arizonensis
Ereminellus arizonensis

Eremocoris abietis
Eremocoris abietis

Eremocoris cf. inquilinus
Eremocoris inquilinus

Eremocoris cupressicola
Eremocoris cupressicola

Eremocoris depressus
Eremocoris depressus

Eremocoris dimidiatus
Eremocoris dimidiatus

Eremocoris ferus
Eremocoris ferus

Eremocoris obscurus
Eremocoris obscurus

Eremocoris opacus 0
Eremocoris opacus

Eremocoris semicinctus
Eremocoris semicinctus

Eremocoris suspect-undescribed-occ
Eremocoris suspect-undescribed-occ

Ericaphis gentneri
Ericaphis gentneri

Errastunus sobrinus
Errastunus sobrinus

Errhomus brevis
Errhomus brevis

Errhomus josephi
Errhomus josephi

Errhomus lineatus
Errhomus lineatus

Errhomus medialis
Errhomus medialis

Errhomus ochoco
Errhomus ochoco

Errhomus paradoxus
Errhomus paradoxus

Errhomus picturatus
Errhomus picturatus

Errhomus praedictus
Errhomus praedictus

Errhomus reflexus
Errhomus reflexus

Errhomus satus
Errhomus satus

Errhomus similis
Errhomus similis

Errhomus winquatt
Errhomus winquatt

Erronus affinis
Erronus affinis

Erronus bracatus
Erronus bracatus

Erronus camensis
Erronus camensis

Erronus montanus
Erronus montanus

Erronus naomi
Erronus naomi

Erronus rivalis
Erronus rivalis

Erronus serratus
Erronus serratus

Erronus variabilis
Erronus variabilis

Erythridula abolla
Erythridula abolla

Erythridula acicularis
Erythridula acicularis
Erythridula aesculella
Erythridula aesculella

Erythridula amabilis
Erythridula amabilis

Erythridula aspera
Erythridula aspera

Erythridula auteni
Erythridula auteni

Erythridula bicornis
Erythridula bicornis

Erythridula bitincta
Erythridula bitincta
Erythridula brundusa
Erythridula brundusa

Erythridula cauta
Erythridula cauta

Erythridula clavata
Erythridula clavata

Erythridula cotidiana
Erythridula cotidiana

Erythridula crataegi
Erythridula crataegi

Erythridula crevecoeuri
Erythridula crevecoeuri