Blissidae
Sign in to saveThe Blissidae are a family in the Hemiptera (true bugs), comprising over 400 species. The group has often been treated as a subfamily of the Lygaeidae but was resurrected as a full family by Thomas Henry (1997).
Species
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderHemiptera
- FamilyBlissidae
Observations recorded17,293
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 41
- Family
- Blissidae
- Collections
- INHS, NMSU, OMNH, KU
- Recorded in
- United States, Venezuela
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The Blissidae are a family in the Hemiptera (true bugs), comprising over 400 species. The group has often been treated as a subfamily of the Lygaeidae but was resurrected as a full family by Thomas Henry (1997).
The adult insects are elongate, typically four times as long as broad, and in some species, up to seven times. Short wings are common in many species.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Blissidae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.