Cedar Creek
Natural History Area
Cedar Creek
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The order Hemiptera (3583 NA spp, 500+ MN spp) is abundantly represented
at Cedar Creek. Thirty families representing nearly 300 species have been
collected. All have piercing-sucking mouthparts. Two Suborders are recognized:
the terrestrial Dipsocoromorpha (Families 1-25) and the aquatic/semi-aquatic
Nepomorpha
(Families 26-40). Most terrestrial species feed upon plant tissue,
many upon seeds and fruit. A few groups are predaceous and a number occur
on or below ground where they are unlikely to be taken by sweeping vegetation.
The aquatic and semi-aquatic Hemiptera are all predaceous with the exception
of the algal feeding Corixidae. A most useful reference is How to Know
the True Bugs (1978) by Slater and Baranowski.
| 1. | Family CYDNIDAE | Burrowing Bugs | |
| 2. | Family THYREOCORIDAE | Negro Bugs | |
| 3. | Family PENTATOMIDAE | Stink Bugs | |
| 4. | Family COREIDAE | Leaf-footed Bugs | |
| 5. | Family ALYDIDAE | Broadheaded Bugs | |
| 6. | Family RHOPALIDAE | Scentless Plant Bugs | |
| 7. | Family LYGAEIDAE | Seed Bugs | |
| 8. | Family PYRRHOCORIDAE | Red Bugs-Southern | (Not found in Minnesota) |
| 9. | Family LARGIDAE | Largid Bugs-Southern | (Not found in Minnesota) |
| 10. | Family PIESMATIDAE | Ash gray leaf Bugs | |
| 11. | Family THAUMASTOCORIDAE | Royal Palm Bug-Fla | (Not found in Minnesota) |
| 12. | Family BERYTIDAE | Stilt Bugs | |
| 13. | Family ARADIDAE | Flat Bugs | |
| 14. | Family TINGIDAE | Lace Bugs | |
| 15. | Family ENICOCEPHALIDAE | Gnat Bugs | (Not found in Minnesota) |
| 16. | Family PHYMATIDAE | Ambush Bugs | |
| 17. | Family REDUVIIDAE | Assassin Bugs | |
| 18. | Family NABIDAE | Damsel Bugs | |
| 19. | Family POLYCTENIDAE | Bat Bugs | (Not found in Minnesota) |
| 20. | Family CIMICIDAE | Bed Bugs | (Not described at CCNHA) |
| 21. | Family ANTHOCORIDAE | Pirate Bugs | |
| 22. | Family MICROPHYSIDAE | Microphysid Bugs | (Not found in Minnesota) |
| 23. | Family MIRIDAE | Plant Bugs | |
| 24. | Family DIPSOCORIDAE | Ground Bugs | (Not described at CCNHA) |
| 25. | Family SCHIZOPTERIDAE | Jumping Ground Bugs | (Not described at CCNHA) |
| 26. | Family HYDROMETRIDAE | Water Measurers | |
| 27. | Family GERRIDAE | Water Striders | |
| 28. | Family VELIIDAE | Riffle Bugs | |
| 29. | Family MESOVELIIDAE | Water Treaders | |
| 30. | Family HEBRIDAE | Velvet Water Bugs | |
| 31. | Family LEPTOPODIDAE | Spiny Shore Bug-Calif | (Not found in Minnesota) |
| 32. | Family SALDIDAE | Shore Bugs | |
| 33. | Family NOTONECTIDAE | Backswimmers | |
| 34. | Family PLEIDAE | Pigmy Backswimmers | |
| 35. | Family CORIXIDAE | Water Boatmen | |
| 36. | Family NEPIDAE | Water Scorpions | |
| 37. | Family BELOSTOMATIDAE | Giant Water Bugs | |
| 38. | Family NAUCORIDAE | Creeping Water Bugs | |
| 39. | Family GELASTOCORIDAE | Toad Bugs | (Not found in Minnesota) |
| 40. | Family OCHTERIDAE | Velvety Shore Bugs |
| jhaar@lter.umn.edu | Last updated May, 2000 |