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Lygaeoidea Species File
Family

Blissidae Stål, 1862

Type

type genus of Blissidae Stål, 1862

Nomenclature (75)

  • Blissida Stål, 1862: 210.

    type genus Blissus Burmeister, 1835

  • Blissida Stål, 1862 in Stål, 1865
  • Blissidae Stål, 1862 in Brailovsky, 2015: 584.
  • Blissidae Stål, 1862 in Henry & Dellapé, 2024: 6.

Nomenclature references (68)

  • Stål, C. (1862) Synopsis Coreidum et Lygaeidum Sueciae. Ofvers. VetenskAkad. Forh., Stockh.
  • Stål, C. (1865) Hemiptera Africana II. Hemiptera Africana II. Stockholm: Norstedtiana. pp., 1–200. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/35344#page/271/mode/1up
  • Stål, C. (1872) Genera Lygaeidarum Europae disposuit. Ofvers. VetenskAkad. Forh., Stockh., 29, 37–62.
  • Walker, F. (1872) Catalogue of the specimens of Hemiptera Heteroptera in the collection of the British Museum. Catalogue of the specimens of Hemiptera Heteroptera in the collection of the British Museum. London: Part V., 151–152.
  • Stål, C. (1874) Enumeratio Hemipterorum pt. 4. Enumeratio Hemipterorum pt., 12(1), 1–186. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/45975#page/5/mode/1up
  • Horváth, G. (1875) Monographia Lygaeidarum Hungariae. Monographia Lygaeidarum Hungariae. Budapest pp.
  • Douglas, J.W. & Scott, J. (1876) A catalogue of British Hemiptera. A catalogue of British Hemiptera. London: Alex Napier (and Longman, Green, Reader & Dyer).
  • Berg, C. (1878) Hemiptera Argentina (Continuación). 6(5), 223–233.
  • Berg, C. (1879) Hemiptera Argentina enumeravit speciesque novas. Hemiptera Argentina enumeravit speciesque novas. Bonariae: Pauli E. Coni pp., 1–316.
  • Puton, J.B.A. (1879) Synopsis des Hemipteres-Heteropteres de France de la famille des Lygaeides. Synopsis des Hemipteres-Heteropteres de France de la famille des Lygaeides. Mem. Soc. Sci. Lille.
  • Reuter, O.M. (1881)
  • Distant, W.L. (1882) Insecta. Rhynchota. Hemiptera-Heteroptera. Vol. 1. Vol. I. Biol. cent.-amer. London (v)-xx, 169–224.
  • Saunders, E. (1892) The Hemiptera Heteroptera of the British Islands. The Hemiptera Heteroptera of the British Islands. London: L. Reeve & Co.
  • Lethierry, L.F. & Severin, G. (1894) General catalogue of the Hemiptera. Vol. II. Heteropteres. General catalogue of the Hemiptera. Vol. II. Heteropteres. Brussels: F. Hayez, Imprimeur de l'Academie Royale de Belgique., II.
  • Jonck, A. (1899) Materiaux pour l'etude des Hemipteres de Belgique. Ann. Soc. ent. Belgique.
  • Puton, J.B.A. (1899) Catalogue des Hemipteres (Heteropteres, Cicadines & Psyllides) de la faune palearctique. 4th ed. Catalogue des Hemipteres (Heteropteres, Cicadines & Psyllides) de la faune palearctique.
  • Distant, W.L. (1903) Rhynchota.–Vol. II. (Heteroptera). In The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Taylor & Francis, London. pp. 1–242.
  • Guerin, J. & Peneau, J. (1905) Faune entomologique amoricaine. Hemipteres. Faune entomologique amoricaine. Hemipteres. Bull. Soc. Sci. med. Ouest (Supp.), 5, 1–84.
  • Oshanin, V.T. (1906) Verzeichnis der Palaearktischen Hemipteren. Verzeichnis der Palaearktischen Hemipteren. St. Petersburg: Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1(1), 1–392.
  • Oshanin, V.T. (1912) Katalog der palaarktischen Hemipteren (Heteroptera, Homoptera-Auchenorhyncha & Psylloideae). Katalog der palaarktischen Hemipteren (Heteroptera, Homoptera-Auchenorhyncha & Psylloideae). Berlin: xvi +, 187 pp.
  • Van Duzee, E.P. (1916) Check list of the Hemiptera (excepting the Aphididae, Aleurodidae and Coccidae) of America, north of Mexico. Check list of the Hemiptera (excepting the Aphididae, Aleurodidae and Coccidae) of America, north of Mexico. New York: N. Y. Ent. Soc., i-x, 1–111.
  • Barber, H.G. (1917) Synoptic keys to the Lygaeidae (Hemiptera) of the United States Pt.I. Psyche: A Journal of Entomology.
  • Van Duzee, E.P. (1917) Catalogue of the Hemiptera of America north of Mexico excepting the Aphididae, Coccidae and Aleurodidae. In University of California Publications in Entomology. Berkeley: Univ. Calif. Press. 902 pp.
  • Barber, H.G. (1923) Family Lygaeidae: In Britton--guide to the insects of Connecticut: Pt. IV. The Hemiptera or sucking insects of Connecticut. Bull. Conn. geol. nat. Hist. Surv. pp.
  • Butler, E.A. (1923) A biology of the British Hemiptera Heteroptera. A biology of the British Hemiptera Heteroptera. London: H. F. & G. Witherby.
  • Handlirsch, A.P.J. (1925) Handbuch der Entomologie. Band III, Geschichte, literatur, technik, palaontologie, phylogenie, systematik. Verlag von Gustav Fischer, Jena, 1143 pp. [in German] Available at https://www.zobodat.at/publikation_articles.php?id=230390
  • Blatchley, W.S. (1926) Heteroptera or true bugs of eastern North America, with especial reference to the faunas of Indiana & Florida. Heteroptera or true bugs of eastern North America, with especial reference to the faunas of Indiana & Florida. Indianapolis: Nature Publishing Co., 1116 pp.
  • Seabra, A.F. & de (1930) Lygaeidae:Sinopse dos Hemipteros Heteropteros de Portugal. Lygaeidae:Sinopse dos Hemipteros Heteropteros de Portugal. Mem. Mus. zool. Univ. Coimbra, 1(6), 245–372.
  • Gulde, J. (1936) Die Wanzen Mitteleuropas. Hemiptera Heteroptera Mitteleuropas. Die Wanzen Mitteleuropas. Hemiptera Heteroptera Mitteleuropas. Frankfurt a. M. Teil II;
  • Pfaler, E.V. & Pfaler-Collander, E.V. (1941) Vergleichend-Karyologische Untersuchungen an Lygaeiden. Act. Zool. Fenn., 30, 1–119.
  • Hedicke, H. (1942) Heteroptera: In: Brohmer, Ehrmann, & Ulmer et al. Die Tierwelt Mitteleuropas (Insekten), 3(1), Sect.X:14–113.
  • China, W.E. (1943) The generic names of British insects. Pt.8. The generic names of the British Hemiptera-Heteroptera, with a check list of the British species. Proc. R. ent. Soc. Lond., 1943(8), 211–342.
  • Froeschner, R.C. (1944) Contributions to a synopsis of the Hemiptera of Missouri, Pt.III. Amer. Midl. Nat., 31(3), 638–683.
  • Hutchinson, G.E. (1944) Notes on Hemiptera. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., 11(11), 769–778.
  • de la Torre-Bueno, J.R. (1946) A synopsis of the Hemiptera-Heteroptera of America north of Mexico. III. Family XI. Lygaeidae. Ent. amer., 26, 1–141.
  • Barber, H.G. (1947) The family Lygaeidae (Hemiptera-Heteroptera) of the island of Cuba & the Isle of Pines. Mem. Soc. cubana Hist. nat., 19, 55–75.
  • Kormilev, N. (1949) Riggiella vianai n. g., n. sp. de la Argentina (Hemiptera, Lygaeidae, Blissinae). Commun. Inst. nac. Invest. Cienc. nat., Buenos Aires (Zool.), 1(11), 1–13.
  • Kiritshenko, A.N. (1951) True Hemiptera of European USSR. Key & bibliography. Opred. Faune SSSR, 42, 1–423.
  • Manna, G.K. (1951) Study of the chromosomes during meiosis in forty-three species of Indian Heteroptera. Proc. zool. Soc. Bengal, 4, 1–116.
  • Villiers, A. (1952) Initiations Africaines IX. Hemipteres de L'Afrique Noire (Punaises et Cigales). Hemipteres de L'Afrique Noire (Punaises et Cigales). Instit. Francais D'Afrique Noire, 1952, 1–256.
  • Priesner, H.A. & Alfieri, A. (1953) A review of the Hemiptera Heteroptera known to us from Egypt. Bull. Soc. Fouad ler Ent., 37, 1–119.
  • China, W.E. & Miller, N.C.E. (1955) Checklist of family & subfamily names in Hemiptera-Heteroptera. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., 12(8), 257–267.
  • Gómez-Menor Ortega, J. (1956) Las tribus de Hemipteros de Espana. Las tribus de Hemipteros de Espana. Trab. Inst. esp. Ent., 1956, 1–146.
  • Miller, N.C.E. (1956) The biology of the Heteroptera. The biology of the Heteroptera. London: Leonard Hill (Books) Limited pp., 1–162.
  • Putshkova, L.V. (1956) The eggs of Hemiptera-Heteroptera. II. Lygaeidae. Ent. Obozr., 35, 262–284.
  • Ashlock, P.D. (1957) An investigation of the taxonomic value of the phallus in the Lygaeidae (Hemiptera-Heteroptera). Ann. ent. Soc. Amer., 50, 407–426.
  • Slater, J.A. & Hurlbutt, H. (1957) A comparative study of the metathoracic wing in the Family Lygaeidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 59(2), 67–79.
  • Putshkov, V.G. (1958) Larvae of Hemiptera-Heteroptera. I. Lygaeidae. Rev. Ent. URSS, 37(2), 392–413.
  • Putshkov, V.G. (1958) Larvae of the subfamily Blissinae (Heteroptera, Lygaeidae) in the fauna of the European part of the USSR. Akad. Nauk Ukraine RSR N. B, 11, 1272–1274.
  • Stichel, W. (1958) Illustrierte Bestimmungstabellin der Wanzen. II. Europae (Hemiptera-Heteroptera Europae) Vol. 4. Illustrierte Bestimmungstabellin der Wanzen. II. Europae (Hemiptera-Heteroptera Europae) Vol., 4.
  • Drake, C.J. & Davis, N.T. (1959) A new subfamily, genus, & species of Lygaeidae (Hemiptera-Heteroptera) from Australia. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences, 49(1), 19–26.
  • Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D. (1959) Land and water bugs of the British Isles. In Land and water bugs of the British Isles. Fredrick Warne & Co. Ltd, London and New York. i-xi. 1–436.
  • Southwood, T.R.E. (1960) The flight activity of Heteroptera. Trans. R. ent. Soc. Lond., 112, 173–220.
  • Slater, J.A. (1964) A catalogue of the Lygaeidae of the world. 1, 1–778.
  • Slater, J.A. (1964) A Catalogue of the Lygaeidae of the World. 2 Vols. U. Connecticut. Storrs. 1688 pp. A Catalogue of the Lygaeidae of the World.
  • Slater, J.A. (1979) The systematics, phylogeny and zoogeography of the Blissinae of the World (Hemiptera, Lygaeidae). Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 165, 1–180.
  • Ashlock, P.D. & Slater, A. (1988) Family Lygaeidae Schilling, 1829 (= Infericornes Amyot and Serville, 1843< Myodochidae Kirkaldy, 1899< Geocoridae Kirkaldy, 1902). In Catalog of the Heteroptera, or True Bugs, of Canada and the Continental United States. E. J. Brill Publ., Leiden and New York. pp. 167–245.
  • Slater, J.A. & O'Donnell, J.E. (1995) In A Catalogue of the Lygaeidae of the world. New York Entomological Society, New York. 410 pp.
  • Henry, T.J. (1997) Phylogenetic Analysis of Family Groups within the Infraorder Pentatomomorpha (Hemiptera: Heteroptera), with Emphasis on the Lygaeoidea. 90(3), 275–301. Available at http://aesa.oxfordjournals.org/content/90/3
  • Péricart, J. (1999) Hémiptères Lygaeidae euro-méditerranéens. Vol 1. Généralités. Systématique: Premiere partie. In Faune de France, France et régions limitrophes. 84A, Fédération française des Sociétés des Sciences Naturelles, Paris. 468 pp.
  • Cassis, G. & Gross, G.F. (2002) Hemiptera: Heteroptera (Pentatomomorpha). Vol. 27.3B, pp. xiv 737.
  • Baranowski, R.M. & Slater, J.A. (2005) In The Lygaeidae of the West Indies. University of Florida, IFAS. i-x, 266 pp.
  • Henry, T.J. (2009) Chapter 10. Biodiversity of the Heteroptera. pp. 223–263.
  • Dellapé, P.M. (2014) Lygaeoidea. In Biodiversidad de Artrópodos Argentinos vol. 3. INSUE -UNT ediciones, Tucumán, Argentino. 421–438 pp.
  • Brailovsky, H. (2015) A new genus and species of Micropterous Blissidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Lygaeoidea) from Ecuador. 4028(4), 583–588.
  • Henry, T.J. & Sweet, M.H. (2015) WHEELERODEMUS MUHLENBERGIAE, A NEW GENUS AND NEW SPECIES OF BLISSIDAE (HEMIPTERA: HETEROPTERA: LYGAEOIDEA) FROM OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS. 117(2), 151–161.
  • Henry, T.J., Dellapé, P.M. & de Paula, A.S. (2015) Chapter 16. The Big-Eyed Bugs, Chinch Bugs, and Seed Bugs (Lygaeoidea). In True Bugs (Heteroptera) of the Neotropics. Antônio Panizzi y Jocelia Grazia editores. Springer publishing Co., Inglaterra. 459–514 pp.
  • Henry, T.J. & Dellapé, P.M. (2024) Synopsis of the New World Blissid Genera (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Lygaeoidea: Blissidae): Redescriptions of Known Genera, Descriptions of Three New Genera, New Synonymies, New Combinations, Notes on Phylogeny, and a Revised Key to the Genera. Journal of the International Heteropterist' Society, 1(1), 1–32.

Descendants and synonyms

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Family1056
Genus5722079
Species4263267696
Subspecies904150