Blissus
| Blissus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Family: | Blissidae |
| Genus: | Blissus Burmeister, 1835[1] |
Blissus is a genus in the true bug family Blissidae,[2] commonly called chinch bugs in North America. The review by Slater (1979) listed 27 species.[3] The species B. leucopterus,[4] B. occiduus[5] and B. insularis[6] are important pests of cereal crops and turf grasses in their different ranges in the United States.
List of species
- Blissus antillus Leonard, 1968
- Blissus arenarius Barber, 1918
- Blissus arenarius maritimus Leonard, 1966
- Blissus barberi Leonard, 1968
- Blissus bosqi Drake, 1940
- Blissus brasiliensis Drake, 1951
- Blissus breviusculus Barber, 1937
- Blissus canadensis Leonard, 1970
- Blissus hygrobius (Jensen-Haarup, 1920)
- Blissus insularis Barber, 1918 - Southern Chinch Bug
- Blissus iowensis Andre, 1937
- Blissus leucopterus (Say, 1831) - True Chinch Bug
- Blissus leucopterus hirtus Montandon, 1893 - Hairy Chinch Bug
- Blissus minutus (Blatchley, 1925)
- Blissus mixtus Barber, 1937
- Blissus nanus Barber, 1937
- Blissus occiduus Barber, 1918 - Western Chinch Bug
- Blissus omani Barber, 1937
- Blissus parasitaster (Bergroth, 1903)
- Blissus penningtoni Drake, 1941
- Blissus planarius Barber, 1937
- Blissus planus Leonard, 1968
- Blissus pulchellus Montandon, 1893
- Blissus richardsoni Drake, 1940
- Blissus slateri Leonard, 1968
- Blissus sweeti Leonard, 1968
- Blissus villosus Barber, 1937
- Blissus weiseri (Drake, 1951)
- Blissus yumana Drake, 1951
References
- ↑ Burmeister, H. (1835). Handbuch der Entomologie Bd. II. Ab. I. p. 290.
- ↑ Henry, T.J. (1997). "Phylogenetic analysis of family groups within the infraorder Pentatomomorpha (Hemiptera: Heteroptera), with emphasis on the Lygaeoidea". Annals of the Entomological Society of America 90: 275–301. doi:10.1093/aesa/90.3.275.
- ↑ Slater, J.A. (1979). "The systematics, phylogeny, and zoogeography of the Blissinae of the world (Hemiptera, Lygaeidae)". Bulletin of the AMNH 165 (1): 1–180.
- ↑ Wilson, J.P.; Ni, X.; Rajewski, J.A.; Dweikat, I.; Buntin, G. (2009). "Application of pathological principles to evaluating pearl millet for chinch bug resistance". Proc. 6th Asia-Pacific Congress of Entomology: 327–328.
- ↑ Gulsen, O. et al. (2009). "Characterization of peroxidase changes in resistant and susceptible warm-season turfgrasses challenged by Blissus occiduus". Arthropod-Plant Interactions 4: 45–55. doi:10.1007/s11829-010-9086-3.
- ↑ Rangasamy, M.; Mcauslane, H.; Backus, E.; Cherry, R. "Differential probing behavior of Blissus insularis (Hemiptera: Blissidae) on resistant and susceptible St. Augustinegrasses". Journal of Economic Entomology (submitted).
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