Rhyparochromidae

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Rhyparochromidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Infraorder: Pentatomomorpha
Superfamily: Lygaeoidea
Family: Rhyparochromidae
Amyot and Serville, 1843 [1]
Subfamilies

Plinthisinae
Rhyparochrominae

The Rhyparochromidae are a large family of true bugs (order Hemiptera), many of which are commonly referred to as seed bugs. The family includes two subfamilies, 368 genera, and over 1,800 species.[2]

Rhyparochromidae are small and generally brown or mottled. The fore femora are often enlarged.

The Rhyparochromidae were previously classified as a subfamily of Lygaeidae.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Rhyparochromidae (TSN 676868). Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  2. ^ Rhyparochromidae. Australian Government: Department of the Environment and Heritage (2002-02-15).


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