Blissus

Blissus is a genus in the true bug family Blissidae,[2] commonly called chinch bugs in North America. The review by Slater (1979) listed 27 species.[3] The species B. leucopterus,[4] B. occiduus[5] and B. insularis[6] are important pests of cereal crops and turf grasses in their different ranges in the United States.

Blissus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Hemiptera
Family:
Blissidae
Genus:
Blissus

List of species
  • Blissus antillus Leonard, 1968
  • Blissus arenarius Barber, 1918
    • Blissus arenarius maritimus Leonard, 1966
  • Blissus barberi Leonard, 1968
  • Blissus bosqi Drake, 1940
  • Blissus brasiliensis Drake, 1951
  • Blissus breviusculus Barber, 1937
  • Blissus canadensis Leonard, 1970
  • Blissus hygrobius (Jensen-Haarup, 1920)
  • Blissus insularis Barber, 1918 - southern chinch bug
  • Blissus iowensis Andre, 1937
  • Blissus leucopterus (Say, 1831) - true chinch bug
    • Blissus leucopterus hirtus Montandon, 1893 - hairy chinch bug
  • Blissus minutus (Blatchley, 1925)
  • Blissus mixtus Barber, 1937
  • Blissus nanus Barber, 1937
  • Blissus occiduus Barber, 1918 - western chinch bug
  • Blissus omani Barber, 1937
  • Blissus parasitaster (Bergroth, 1903)
  • Blissus penningtoni Drake, 1941
  • Blissus planarius Barber, 1937
  • Blissus planus Leonard, 1968
  • Blissus pulchellus Montandon, 1893
  • Blissus richardsoni Drake, 1940
  • Blissus slateri Leonard, 1968
  • Blissus sweeti Leonard, 1968
  • Blissus villosus Barber, 1937
  • Blissus weiseri (Drake, 1951)
  • Blissus yumana Drake, 1951

References
Wikispecies has information related to Blissus.
  1. Burmeister, H. (1835). Handbuch der Entomologie Bd. II. Ab. I. Berlin : Gustav Reimer. p. 290.
  2. Henry, T.J. (1997). "Phylogenetic analysis of family groups within the infraorder Pentatomomorpha (Hemiptera: Heteroptera), with emphasis on the Lygaeoidea". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 90 (3): 275–301. doi:10.1093/aesa/90.3.275.
  3. Slater, J.A. (1979). "The systematics, phylogeny, and zoogeography of the Blissinae of the world (Hemiptera, Lygaeidae)". Bulletin of the AMNH. 165 (1): 1–180. hdl:2246/1076.
  4. Wilson, J.P.; Ni, X.; Rajewski, J.A.; Dweikat, I.; Buntin, G. (2009). "Application of pathological principles to evaluating pearl millet for chinch bug resistance". Proc. 6th Asia-Pacific Congress of Entomology: 327–328. Archived from the original on 2014-12-17.
  5. Gulsen, O.; et al. (2009). "Characterization of peroxidase changes in resistant and susceptible warm-season turfgrasses challenged by Blissus occiduus". Arthropod-Plant Interactions. 4: 45–55. doi:10.1007/s11829-010-9086-3. S2CID 34259675.
  6. Rangasamy, M.; Mcauslane, H.; Backus, E.; Cherry, R. (2015). "Differential probing behavior of Blissus insularis (Hemiptera: Blissidae) on resistant and susceptible St. Augustinegrasses". Journal of Economic Entomology. 108 (2): 780–788. doi:10.1093/jee/tou061. PMID 26470190.


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