Belostomatidae is a family of freshwater hemipteran insects known as giant water bugs or colloquially as toe-biters, Indian toe-biters, electric-light bugs, alligator ticks, or alligator fleas. They are the largest insects in the order Hemiptera. There are about 170 species found in freshwater habitats worldwide, with more than 110 in the Neotropics, more than 20 in Africa, almost as many in the Nearctic, and far fewer elsewhere. These predators are typically encountered in freshwater ponds, marshes and slow-flowing streams. Most species are at least 2 cm (0.8 in) long, although smaller species, down to 0.9 cm (0.35 in), also exist. The largest are members of the genus Lethocerus, which can exceed 12 cm (4.5 in) and nearly reach the length of some of the largest beetles in the world. Giant water bugs are a popular food in parts of Asia.
Arilus, or wheel bugs, is a genus of true bugs in the family Reduviidae, subfamily Harpactorinae and tribe Harpactorini. Most species are found in the Americas.
Lamiinae, commonly called flat-faced longhorns, are a subfamily of the longhorn beetle family (Cerambycidae). The subfamily includes over 750 genera, rivaled in diversity within the family only by the subfamily Cerambycinae.
Enidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks.
Endomychidae, or handsome fungus beetles, is a family of beetles with representatives found in all biogeographic realms. There are around 120 genera and 1300 species. The family was established based on the type genus Endomychus, a genus erected in 1795 by Panzer which was applied to a species that Linnaeus called Chrysomela coccinea. As the common name suggests, Endomychidae feed on fungi. Crowson, in his influential treatment of the beetles, placed the family within the Cucujoidea. They have a tarsal formal of 4-4-4 or 3-3-3 and the wings lack a closed radial cell. The second antennal segment has a sensory appendage that is as long as the third antennal segment. The family has also been grouped with the Coccinellidae in a group called the Trimera for having pseudotrimerous tarsi. A 2015 molecular phylogeny study found that the Cucujoidea were found to be non-monophyletic and the Endomychidae was refined with the removal of the Anamorphinae from within the family and elevated to the status of a full family, Anamorphidae. Mycetaeinae and Eupsilobiinae were also found not to belong within the clades of the core Endomychidae, and likewise reclassified into the families Mycetaeidae and Eupsilobiidae.
Neodorcadion is a genus of longhorn beetles of the subfamily Lamiinae, containing the following species:
Smiliinae is a subfamily of treehoppers in the family Membracidae. These are bugs and include about 100 genera in 10 tribes.
Stegaspidinae is a subfamily of treehoppers in the family Membracidae.
Tragopa is a genus of treehoppers. It belongs to the tribe Tragopini in the subfamily Smiliinae. It contains 41 species. It was described by Pierre André Latreille in 1829.
Adippe is a genus of treehoppers belonging to the tribe Polyglyptini, in the subfamily Smiliinae, that contains 8 species.
Oeda is a genus of treehoppers belonging to the subfamily Stegaspidinae in the family Membracidae. It contains 5 species in two subgenera, Oeda (Oeda) and Oeda (Oedacanthus).
Centruchoides is a genus of treehoppers belonging to the subfamily Stegaspidinae. It contains two species.
Lirania is a genus of treehoppers in the subfamily Stegaspidinae. It contains a single species, Lirania bituberculata.
Umbelligerus is a genus of treehoppers belonging to the subfamily Stegaspidinae. It contains 5 species.
Stylocentrus is a genus of treehoppers belonging to the subfamily Stegaspidinae. It contains 3 species.
Tumecauda is a genus of treehoppers belonging to the subfamily Stegaspidinae. It contains 4 species.
Psacasta is a genus of Palaearctic jewel or shield-backed bugs in the subfamily Eurygastrinae and typical of the tribe Psacastini; the genus was erected by Ernst Friedrich Germar in 1839.
Deiroderes is a genus of treehoppers in the subfamily Stegaspidinae. It contains 2 species.
Smerdalea is a genus of treehoppers belonging to the subfamily Stegaspidinae. It was first described by William Weekes Fowler in 1896, and contains five species.
Lycoderes is a genus of treehoppers belonging to the subfamily Stegaspidinae. It was first described by the German entomologist Ernst Friedrich Germar in 1835, and contains 18 species.
