The Broad Headed Bugs (29 NA spp) are generally elongate slender plant
feeders. Two species of Alydus
have been collected. A. eurinus, the more abundant of the
two, is black and most commonly found on Bush Clover (Lespedeza capitata).
A. conspersus is brown with dark blotches on the wing membrane.
It too is found on bush clover.
Megalotomus
quinquespinosus is most common in savanna regions where it
is often found on Veiny Pea (Lathyrus venosus). Protenor
belfragei is common in wet mesic grassy areas and has been
collected in small numbers from denser
Poa fields. Stachyocnemus
apicalis is a rare ground dwelling species found only in sandy
xeric sites.
