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Blissus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Heteroptera
Family:	Blissidae
Genus:	Blissus Burmeister, 1835

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

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

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.

External links

• Data related to Blissus at Wikispecies

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