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Seed Bugs and Allies
Lygaeoidea
The Lygaeoidea are a sizeable superfamily of true bugs, containing seed bugs and allies, in the order Hemiptera. There are about 16 families and more than 4,600 described species in Lygaeoidea, found worldwide. Most feed on seeds or sap, but a few are predators.
The ash-gray leaf bug family (Piesmatidae) is generally considered a member of the superfamily Lygaeoidea, but in the past it was sometimes placed in its own superfamily.
16 branches of this superfamily, most-observed first
Seed Bugs
familyLygaeidae
Dirt-colored Seed Bugs
familyRhyparochromidae
Stilt Bugs
familyBerytidae
Oxycarenidae
familyOxycarenidae
Big-eyed Bugs
familyGeocoridae
Heterogastridae
familyHeterogastridae
Chinch Bugs and Allies
familyBlissidae
Pachygronthidae
familyPachygronthidae
Cymidae
familyCymidae
Ash-gray Leaf Bugs
familyPiesmatidae
Colobathristidae
familyColobathristidae
Artheneid Bugs
familyArtheneidae
Malcidae
familyMalcidae
Ninidae
familyNinidae
Meschiidae
familyMeschiidae
Cryptorhamphidae
familyCryptorhamphidae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 466233.