Scentless Plant Bugs Lat. “Rhopalidae“

Rhopalidae, or scentless plant bugs, are a family of true bugs. In older literature, the family is sometimes called “Corizidae”. They differ from the related coreids in lacking well-developed scent glands. They are usually light-colored and smaller than the coreids. Some are very similar to the orsilline lygaeids, but can be distinguished by the numerous veins in the membrane of the hemelytra. They live principally on weeds, but a few (including the box elder bug) are…

Hierarchy

banded rhopalid

species of family “Scentless Plant Bugs“

banded rhopalid

Hyaline Grass Bug

species of family “Scentless Plant Bugs“

Hyaline Grass Bug

hypericum rhopalid

species of family “Scentless Plant Bugs“

hypericum rhopalid

knapweed rhopalid

species of family “Scentless Plant Bugs“

knapweed rhopalid

transparent rhopalid

species of family “Scentless Plant Bugs“

transparent rhopalid

External links

Rhopalidae of Britain

Ancestry Graph

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Further Information

„Scentless Plant Bugs“ on wikipedia.org

„Scentless Plant Bugs“ on iNaturalist.org

Copyright

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