''Alydus'' is the

type genus In biological taxonomy, the type genus (''genus typica'') is the genus which defines a biological family and the root of the family name. Zoological nomenclature According to the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, "The name-bearin ...

of broad-headed bugs in the family

Alydidae Alydidae, commonly known as broad-headed bugs, is a family (biology), family of true bugs very similar to the closely related Coreidae (leaf-footed bugs and relatives). There are at least 60 genera and 300 species altogether. Distributed in the t ...

. There are about 11 described species in ''Alydus'', including 2 extinct species. Species are recorded from North America and Europe through to temperate Asia. Alydus P1510663a

Species

These 11 species belong to the genus ''Alydus'': * '' Alydus angulatus'' Hsiao, 1965 * ''

Alydus calcaratus ''Alydus calcaratus'' is a bug species with a Holarctic distribution ranging from the British Isles almost all over Europe to eastern Siberia and China. Moreover, the species also in northern North America from Alaska and Québec across the Unit ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) - red-backed bug - type species (as ''

Cimex ''Cimex'' is a genus of insects in the family Cimicidae. ''Cimex'' species are ectoparasites which typically feed on the blood of birds and mammals. Two species, ''Cimex lectularius'' and ''Cimex hemipterus'', are known as bed bugs and frequentl ...

calcaratus'' Linnaeus) * '' Alydus conspersus'' Montandon, 1893 * '' Alydus eurinus'' (Say, 1825) * '' Alydus pilosulus'' Herrich-Schaeffer, 1847 * '' Alydus rupestris'' Fieber, 1861 * '' Alydus scutellatus'' Van Duzee, 1903 * '' Alydus tomentosus'' Fracker, 1918 * '' Alydus zichyi'' Horváth, 1901 * † '' Alydus pristinus'' Germar, 1837 * † '' Alydus pulchellus'' Heer, 1853

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* Alydinae Pentatomomorpha genera Hemiptera of Asia {{Coreoidea-stub

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