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)
Rhagovelia obesa
Rhagovelia obesa
Rhagovelia oriander
Rhagovelia oriander
Rhagovelia rivale
Rhagovelia rivale
Rhagovelia torreyana
Rhagovelia torreyana
Rhagovelia varipes
Rhagovelia varipes
Rheumatobates clanis
Rheumatobates clanis
Rheumatobates hungerfordi
Rheumatobates hungerfordi
Rheumatobates minutus
Rheumatobates minutus
Rheumatobates tenuipes
Rheumatobates tenuipes
Rheumatobates trulliger
Rheumatobates trulliger
Rheumatobates vegatus
Rheumatobates vegatus
Rhinacloa basalis
Rhinacloa basalis
Rhinocola aceris
Rhinocola aceris
Rhopalosiphum enigmae
Rhopalosiphum enigmae
Rhopalosiphum rufiabdominale
Rhopalosiphum rufiabdominale
Rhynchomitra lingula
Rhynchomitra lingula
Rhynchomitra microrhina
Rhynchomitra microrhina
Rhynocoris leucospilus
Rhynocoris leucospilus
Rhytidodus decimaquartus
Rhytidodus decimaquartus
Rhytidoporus compactus
Rhytidoporus compactus
Ribautiana foliosa
Ribautiana foliosa
Ribautiana luculla
Ribautiana luculla
Ribautiana multispinosa
Ribautiana multispinosa
Ribautiana parapiscator
Ribautiana parapiscator
Ribautiana piscator
Ribautiana piscator
Ribautiana unca
Ribautiana unca
Ribautodelphax albostriata
Ribautodelphax albostriata
Ribautodelphax magna
Ribautodelphax magna
Ribautodelphax pusilla
Ribautodelphax pusilla
Rice Delphacid
Tagosodes orizicolus
Rice Root Aphid
Tetraneura akinire
River Skater
Aquarius najas
Robinson's Annual Cicada
Neotibicen robinsonianus
Roburocoris maculosus
Roburocoris maculosus
Rocconota tuberculigera
Rocconota tuberculigera
Rose Aphid
Macrosiphum rosae
Rose-Grain Aphid
Metopolophium dirhodum
Introduced from the Palearctic, 1910. A major pest
Rosenus abiskoensis
Rosenus abiskoensis
Rosenus cruciatus
Rosenus cruciatus
Rosenus decurvus
Rosenus decurvus
Rosenus pendulus
Rosenus pendulus
Ross' Black Scale
Lindingaspis rossi
Rossmoneura calva
Rossmoneura calva
Rossmoneura tecta
Rossmoneura tecta
Rosy Apple Aphid
Dysaphis plantaginea
Rugosana ampliata
Rugosana ampliata
Rugosana chadana
Rugosana chadana
Rugosana fibrata
Rugosana fibrata
Rugosana lora
Rugosana lora
Rugosana plummeri
Rugosana plummeri
Rugosana pullata
Rugosana pullata
Rugosana ramosa
Rugosana ramosa
Rugosana verrucosa
Rugosana verrucosa
Russellaspis pustulans
Russellaspis pustulans
Rusty Plum Aphid
Hysteroneura setariae
Saccharosydne viridis
Saccharosydne viridis
Sagebrush Mealybug
Amonostherium lichtensioides
Sagotylus confluens
Sagotylus confluens
Salda anthracina
Salda anthracina
Salda buenoi
Salda buenoi
Salda littoralis 0
Salda littoralis
Salda lugubris
Salda lugubris
Salda obscura
Salda obscura
Salda provancheri
Salda provancheri
Saldula andrei
Saldula andrei
Saldula bouchervillei
Saldula bouchervillei
Saldula comatula
Saldula comatula
Saldula confluenta
Saldula confluenta
Saldula dispersa
Saldula dispersa
Saldula lomata
Saldula lomata
Saldula nigrita
Saldula nigrita
Saldula opiparia
Saldula opiparia
Saldula orbiculata
Saldula orbiculata
Saldula pexa
Saldula pexa
Salignus tahoensis
Salignus tahoensis
Salmonfly
Platypedia areolata
Salt Marsh Cicada
Diceroprocta viridifascia
Salt Marsh Spittlebug
Philaenarcys spartina
Sanbornia juniperi
Sanbornia juniperi
Sanctanus aestuarium
Sanctanus aestuarium
Sanctanus balli
Sanctanus balli
Sanctanus cruciatus
Sanctanus cruciatus
Sanctanus eburneus
Sanctanus eburneus
Sanctanus fasciatus
Sanctanus fasciatus
Sanctanus fusconotatus
Sanctanus fusconotatus
Sanctanus limicolus
Sanctanus limicolus
Sanctanus sanctus
Sanctanus sanctus
Sand Plain Spittlebug
Philaenarcys killa
Saul's water cricket
Velia saulii
Say's Leafhopper
Latalus sayii
Say's Stink Bug
Chlorochroa sayi
Sayiana sayi
Sayiana sayi
Scalponotatus albibasis
Scalponotatus albibasis
Scaphoideus accumulator
Scaphoideus accumulator
Scaphoideus atlantus
Scaphoideus atlantus
Scaphoideus bifurcatus
Scaphoideus bifurcatus
Scaphoideus blennus
Scaphoideus blennus
Scaphoideus camurus
Scaphoideus camurus
Scaphoideus carinatus
Scaphoideus carinatus
Scaphoideus crassus
Scaphoideus crassus