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Alydidae
Sign in to saveAlydidae, commonly known as broad-headed bugs, is a family of true bugs very similar to the closely related Coreidae (leaf-footed bugs and relatives). There are at least 60 genera and 300 species altogether. Distributed in the temperate and warmer regions of the Earth, most are tropical and subtropical animals; for example Europe has a mere 10 species, and only 2 of these occur outside the Mediterranean region.
Species
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderHemiptera
- FamilyAlydidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 730
- With media
- 74
- Family
- Alydidae
- Collections
- UCSB, UAM, MNA, SDNHM, BYU, LCDI
- Recorded in
- United States, Canada, Mexico, Bolivia
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Encyclopedic overview
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Alydidae, commonly known as broad-headed bugs, is a family of true bugs very similar to the closely related Coreidae (leaf-footed bugs and relatives). There are at least 60 genera and 300 species altogether. Distributed in the temperate and warmer regions of the Earth, most are tropical and subtropical animals; for example Europe has a mere 10 species, and only 2 of these occur outside the Mediterranean region.
==Names== Broad-headed bugs are known as knobe in the Meto and Funai Helong languages of West Timor, Indonesia.
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