Blissus

Blissus is a genus in the true bug family Blissidae,^[2] commonly called chinch bugs in North America. The review by Slater (1979) listed 27 species.^[3] The species B. leucopterus,^[4] B. occiduus^[5] and B. insularis^[6] are important pests of cereal crops and turf grasses in their different ranges in the United States.

Blissus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Heteroptera
Family:	Blissidae
Genus:	Blissus Burmeister, 1835[1]

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