The Blissidae are a family in the Hemiptera (true bugs), comprising nearly 50 genera and 400 species. The group has often been treated as a subfamily of the Lygaeidae but was resurrected as a full family by Thomas Henry (1997).
The adult insects are elongate, typically four times as long as broad, and in some species, up to seven times. Short wings are common in many species.
All the species feed on the sap of plants, mostly grasses, and most of the species live between the sheaths of leaves. The most economically important species is the true chinch bug, Blissus leucopterus, a destructive pest of corn crops in the United States.
List of genera
These 54 genera of the family Blissidae are listed in the Lygaeoidea Species File:
Aradacrates Slater & Wilcox, 1969
Aradademus Slater, 1967
Archaeodemus Slater, 1986
Atrademus Slater, 1967
Aulacoblissus Slater, 1986
Australodemus Slater & Sweet, 1963
Barademus Slater, 1967
Barrerablissus Brailovsky, 2015
Blissiella Slater, 1967
Blissus Burmeister, 1835 (chinch bugs) Bochrus Stal, 1861 Capodemus Slater & Sweet, 1972 Cavelerius Distant, 1903 Caveloblissus Slater & Wilcox, 1968 Chelochirus Spinola, 1839 Dentisblissus Slater, 1961 Dimorphopterus Stal, 1872 Extarademus Slater & Wilcox, 1966 Extaramorphus Slater, Ashlock & Wilcox, 1969 Gelastoblissus Slater & Wilcox, 1969 Hasanobochrus Ghauri, 1982 Heinsius Distant, 1901 Heteroblissus Barber, 1954 Howdenoblissus Stys, 1991 Iphicrates Distant, 1904 Ischnocoridea Horvath, 1892 Ischnodemus Fieber, 1837 Lemuriblissus Slater, 1967 Lucerocoris Slater, 1968 Macchiademus Slater & Wilcox, 1973 Macropes Motschulsky, 1859 Merinademus Slater, 1967 Micaredemus Slater, 1967 Napoblissus Brailovsky & Barrera, 2012 Patritiodemus Slater & Ahmad, 1971 Patritius Distant, 1901 Pirkimerus Distant, 1904 Praeblissus Barber, 1949 Praetorblissus Slater, 1966 Procellademus Slater & Wilcox, 1966 Propinquidemus Slater, 1986 Pseudoblissus Slater, 1979 Ramadademus Slater, 1967 Reticulatodemus Slater & Wilcox, 1966 Riggiella Kormilev, 1949 Scansidemus Slater & Wilcox, 1969 Scintillademus Slater, 1968 Slaterellus Drake & Davis, 1959 Spalacocoris Stal, 1874 Talpoblissus Slater & Wilcox, 1973 Toonglasa Distant, 1893 Tympanoblissus Dellapé & Minghetti, 2020 Wheelerodemus Henry & Sweet, 2015 Xenoblissus Barber, 1954