The Scent-less Plant Bugs (36 NA spp) is another small family of predominantly
weedy-xeric ground dwellers. They lack a metathoracic scent gland. Stictopleurus
punctiventris and Arhyssus
lateralis are fairly common in xeric-weedy fields. Harmostes
reflexulus is an uncommon species of xeric-weedy fields. It
is not seen every year.
Stictopleurus
knighti? is a pink-toned species found in swamps.
Arhyssushirtus (a brachypterous species) has only been collected
from xeric/burned prairie. Host plant is likely some Cistaceae (Hudsonia,
Lechea, Helianthemum). Liorhyssus
hyalinus has been collected sparingly from a few fields. Leptocoris
trivittata, the Box Elder Bug, is common in the fall when adults
are seeking hibernation sites.
