The Blissidae are a family in the Hemiptera (true bugs), comprising over 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 following genera of the family Blissidae are listed in the Lygaeoidea Species File:
Aradacrates Aradademus Archaeodemus Atrademus Aulacoblissus Australodemus Barademus Barrerablissus Blissiella Blissus (chinch bugs) Bochrus Brailovskyodemus Capodemus Cavelerius Caveloblissus Chelochirus Cundinablissus Dentisblissus Dimorphopterus †Eoblissus Extarademus Extaramorphus Gelastoblissus Hasanobochrus Heinsius (bug) Heteroblissus Howdenoblissus Iphicrates (bug) Ischnocoridea Ischnodemus Lemuriblissus Lucerocoris Macchiademus Macropes Merinademus Metafemorademus Micaredemus Napoblissus Patritius Pirkimerus Praeblissus Praetorblissus Procellademus Propinquidemus Prosternademus †Prosthoblissus Pseudoblissus Ramadademus Reticulatodemus Riggiella Scansidemus Scintillademus Slaterellus Spalacocoris Talpoblissus Toonglasa Tympanoblissus Wheelerodemus Xenoblissus
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