Alidides [1] [2] ( lat. Alydidae) - a family of bugs from the suborder bugs . The smell emitted by many of these bugs is much worse than the smell of shield bugs . [3]
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Distribution
The family has more than 250 species from approximately 45 genera. Found in temperate and hot climates, most species are inhabitants of the tropics and subtropics . In Europe, a little more than 10 species are found:
- Alydus calcospital (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Alydus rupestris Fieber, 1861
- Camptopus lateralis (Germar, 1817)
- Heegeria tangirica (Saunders, 1877)
- Megalotomus junceus (Scopoli, 1763)
- Megalotomus ornaticeps (Stål, 1858)
- Micrelytra fossularum (Rossi, 1790)
- Nariscus spinosus (Burmeister, 1835)
- Nemausus simplex Horváth, 1911
- Tenosius proletarius (Schaum, 1853)
Description
Bedbugs 10-18 mm long. Outwardly similar to representatives of the family of local painters ( Coreidae ), but have a wider head and a long narrow body [3] .
Ecology
Representatives of the herbivorous family. Found in shrubs and grasses along roadsides and in wooded areas. [3]
Classification
The family includes, in particular, such births:
- Alydus
- Camptopus
- Heegeria
- Leptocorisa
- Megalotomus
- Micrelytra
- Nariscus
- Nemausus
- Neomegalotomus
- Tenosius
Notes
- ↑ Popov Yu. A. Bedbugs. Cimicina // Late Mesozoic insects of East Transbaikalia (Proceedings of the Paleontological Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR. Volume 239) / otv. ed. Doctor of Biological Sciences A.P. Rasnitsyn . - M .: Nauka, 1990 .-- S. 20–39. - 223 p. - ISBN 5-02-004697-3 Full text
- ↑ Berlov O. E., Tolstonogova E. V. To the fauna of bugs (Hemiptera) of the Baikal-Lensky reserve // Principles and methods of biodiversity conservation: materials of the III All-Russian Scientific Conference. - Yoshkar-Ola, Pushchino: Mari State University, 2008 .-- S. 49. - 674 p. - ISBN 978-5-94808-358-2 Full text
- ↑ 1 2 3 BugGuide Family Alydidae - Broad-headed Bugs