Rhopalidae

Rhopalidae; Temporal range: Jurassic–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Rhopalus subrufus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Heteroptera
Infraorder:	Pentatomomorpha
Superfamily:	Coreoidea
Family:	Rhopalidae; Amyot and Serville, 1843
Subfamilies
	Rhopalinae; Serinethinae

Rhopalidae, or scentless plant bugs, are a family of true bugs.[1] 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 boxelder bug) are arboreal. All are plant feeders. The type genus for the family is: Rhopalus. Currently 18 genera and over 200 species of rhopalids are known. The oldest fossil rhopalids described are from the Middle Jurassic of Inner Mongolia, discovered from the Haifanggou Formation.[2]

References

Henry, Thomas J. (1988). "Family Rhopalidae". In Henry, Thomas J.; Froeschner, Richard C. (eds.). Catalog of the Heteroptera, or True Bugs, of Canada and the Continental United States. Leiden, Netherlands: E. J. Brill. pp. 652–664. ISBN 978-0-916846-44-2.
Yao, Yunzhi; Wanzhi Cai; Dong Ren (2006). "The first discovery of fossil rhopalids (Heteroptera: Coreoidea) from Middle Jurassic of Inner Mongolia, China". Zootaxa. 1269: 57–68.

External links

Rhopalidae of Britain

Corizus hyoscyami showing beak ready for feeding

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[1] Henry, Thomas J. (1988). "Family Rhopalidae". In Henry, Thomas J.; Froeschner, Richard C. (eds.). Catalog of the Heteroptera, or True Bugs, of Canada and the Continental United States. Leiden, Netherlands: E. J. Brill. pp. 652–664. ISBN 978-0-916846-44-2.

[Zootaxa_1269:_57–68_(2006)-2] Yao, Yunzhi; Wanzhi Cai; Dong Ren (2006). "The first discovery of fossil rhopalids (Heteroptera: Coreoidea) from Middle Jurassic of Inner Mongolia, China". Zootaxa. 1269: 57–68.