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)

Oncopsis speciosa
Oncopsis speciosa

Oncopsis truncatus
Oncopsis truncatus

Oncopsis variabilis
Oncopsis variabilis

Oncopsis vartyi
Oncopsis vartyi

Oncotylus guttulatus
Oncotylus guttulatus

Oncozygia clavicornis
Oncozygia clavicornis

Onion Plant Bug
Labopidea allii

Ophiderma compactum
Ophiderma compactum

Ophiderma definitum
Ophiderma definitum

Ophiderma evelyna
Ophiderma evelyna

Ophiderma flavicephala
Ophiderma flavicephala

Ophiderma flavum
Ophiderma flavum

Ophiderma infantile
Ophiderma infantile

Ophiderma pallidum
Ophiderma pallidum

Ophiderma panda
Ophiderma panda

Ophiderma stonei
Ophiderma stonei

Ophiderma tricinctum
Ophiderma tricinctum

Ophiolix cuneatus
Ophiolix cuneatus

Ophiolix nigristriatus
Ophiolix nigristriatus

Ophiolix pseudosphagneticus
Ophiolix pseudosphagneticus

Ophiolix schedia
Ophiolix schedia

Ophiolix xanthus
Ophiolix xanthus

Opisthacidius mexicanus
Opisthacidius mexicanus

Opistheurista clandestina
Opistheurista clandestina

Oplomus mundus
Oplomus mundus

Opsiplanon luella
Opsiplanon luella

Orange Assassin Bug
Pselliopus barberi

Orange spiny whitefly
Aleurocanthus spiniferus

Oravelia pege
Oravelia pege

Orectoderus montanus
Orectoderus montanus

Orectoderus obliquus
Orectoderus obliquus

Orgamara argentia
Orgamara argentia
Orgerius bilobatus
Orgerius bilobatus
Orgerius bucculentus
Orgerius bucculentus

Orgerius concordus
Orgerius concordus

Orgerius disgregus
Orgerius disgregus
Orgerius glaucus
Orgerius glaucus
Orgerius junceus
Orgerius junceus
Orgerius pajaronius
Orgerius pajaronius
Orgerius proprius
Orgerius proprius
Orgerius rhyparus
Orgerius rhyparus
Orgerius spicatus
Orgerius spicatus
Orgerius triquetrus
Orgerius triquetrus

Origonema splendida
Origonema splendida

Orius tristicolor
Orius tristicolor

Ormenaria barberi
Ormenaria barberi

Ornithocoris pallidus
Ornithocoris pallidus

Orsillacis producta
Orsillacis producta

Orsilochides guttata
Orsilochides guttata

Orsilochides scurrilis
Orsilochides scurrilis

Orthezia solidaginis
Orthezia solidaginis

Orthotylus (Neomecomma) candidatus
Orthotylus candidatus

Orthotylus albocostatus
Orthotylus albocostatus
Orthotylus angulatus 0
Orthotylus angulatus
Orthotylus celtidis 0
Orthotylus celtidis

Orthotylus cruciatus
Orthotylus cruciatus

Orthotylus dorsalis
Orthotylus dorsalis
Orthotylus juglandis 0
Orthotylus juglandis

Orthotylus necopinus
Orthotylus necopinus

Orthotylus robiniae
Orthotylus robiniae

Orthotylus viridis
Orthotylus viridis

Osbornellus alatus
Osbornellus alatus

Osbornellus ater
Osbornellus ater

Osbornellus bifasciatus
Osbornellus bifasciatus

Osbornellus clarus
Osbornellus clarus

Osbornellus corniger
Osbornellus corniger

Osbornellus filamentus
Osbornellus filamentus

Osbornellus fumidus
Osbornellus fumidus

Osbornellus ignavus
Osbornellus ignavus

Osbornellus limosus
Osbornellus limosus

Osbornellus parallelus
Osbornellus parallelus

Osbornellus ritanus
Osbornellus ritanus

Osbornellus rotundus
Osbornellus rotundus

Osbornellus scalaris
Osbornellus scalaris

Osbornellus tenuis
Osbornellus tenuis

Osbornellus unicolor
Osbornellus unicolor

Osbornia cornuta
Osbornia cornuta

Ossiannilssonola antigone
Ossiannilssonola antigone

Ossiannilssonola appendiculata
Ossiannilssonola appendiculata

Ossiannilssonola australis
Ossiannilssonola australis

Ossiannilssonola berenice
Ossiannilssonola berenice
Ossiannilssonola clymene
Ossiannilssonola clymene

Ossiannilssonola danae
Ossiannilssonola danae
Ossiannilssonola duplicata
Ossiannilssonola duplicata

Ossiannilssonola hinei
Ossiannilssonola hinei

Ossiannilssonola mcateei
Ossiannilssonola mcateei

Ossiannilssonola near troza
Ossiannilssonola nr-troza

Ossiannilssonola phryne
Ossiannilssonola phryne

Ossiannilssonola quadrata
Ossiannilssonola quadrata

Ossiannilssonola serrula
Ossiannilssonola serrula

Ossiannilssonola tunicarubra
Ossiannilssonola tunicarubra

Ossiannilssonola ulmi
Ossiannilssonola ulmi

Ossiannilssonola volans
Ossiannilssonola volans
Ostopicus bicornis
Ostopicus bicornis
Ostopicus foliatus
Ostopicus foliatus

Ostopicus minor
Ostopicus minor
Ostopicus ventosus
Ostopicus ventosus

Otiocerus amyotii
Otiocerus amyotii

Otiocerus coquebertii
Otiocerus coquebertii

Otiocerus francilloni
Otiocerus francilloni