Broad-headed Bugs
Alydidae
The broad-headed bugs can be separated from other related families by the head that is almost as long and as wide as the pronotum and the presence of very short bucculae, not extending posteriorly beyond the insertion of antennae (i.e. Ahmad 1965).
Publications
Ahmad I (1965): The Leptocorisinae (Heteroptera: Alydidae) of the World. Bulletin of The British Museum (Natural History) Supplement. 5: 1 - 156
Hemiptera - Heteroptera (True Bugs)
All classes
- Arachnida
- Crustacea
- Gastropoda
- Insecta
- Orthoptera - Caelifera (Grasshoppers)
- Hymenoptera excl. Formicidae (bees and wasps)
- Blattodea s. str. (Cockroaches)
- Coleoptera (Beetles)
- Dermaptera (earwigs)
- Diptera (flies, mosquitos)
- Entomobryomorpha (slender springtails)
- Hemiptera - Heteroptera (True Bugs)
- Hemiptera - Sternorrhyncha (aphids, scales etc.)
- Hemiptera - Auchenorrhyncha (cicadas, planthoppers)
- Hymenoptera - Formicidae (Ants)
- Trichoptera (Caddisflies)
- Zygentoma (silverfish)
- Myriapoda