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Alydus
Alydus eurinus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Heteroptera
Family:	Alydidae
Subfamily:	Alydinae
Genus:	Alydus Fabricius, 1803

Alydus is the type genus of broad-headed bugs in the family Alydidae. There are about 11 described species in Alydus, including 2 extinct species. Species are recorded from North America and Europe through to temperate Asia.

Species

These 11 species belong to the genus Alydus:

• Alydus angulatus Hsiao, 1965
• Alydus calcaratus (Linnaeus, 1758) - red-backed bug - type species (as Cimex calcaratus Linnaeus)
• Alydus conspersus Montandon, 1893
• Alydus eurinus (Say, 1825)
• Alydus pilosulus Herrich-Schaeffer, 1847
• Alydus rupestris Fieber, 1861
• Alydus scutellatus Van Duzee, 1903
• Alydus tomentosus Fracker, 1918
• Alydus zichyi Horváth, 1901
• † Alydus pristinus Germar, 1837
• † Alydus pulchellus Heer, 1853

References

1. "Alydus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
2. "Alydus". GBIF. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
3. "Alydus Genus Information". bugguide.net. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
4. Webb, Nick; Eades, David C. (2018). "Coreoidea species file online, Version 5.0". Retrieved 1 April 2019.

Further reading

• Schaefer, Carl W.; Schaffner, Joseph C. (1994). "Alydus calcaratus in North America (Hemiptera: Alydidae)". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 96: 314–317. ISSN 0013-8797.

External links

• Media related to Alydus at Wikimedia Commons

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