''Crompus'' is a genus of seed bugs in the family

Lygaeidae The Lygaeidae are a family in the Hemiptera (true bugs), with more than 110 genera in four subfamilies. The family is commonly referred to as seed bugs, and less commonly, milkweed bugs, or ground bugs. However, while many of the species feed on ...

. ''Crompus'' are

terrestrial Terrestrial refers to things related to land or the planet Earth. Terrestrial may also refer to: * Terrestrial animal, an animal that lives on land opposed to living in water, or sometimes an animal that lives on or near the ground, as opposed to ...

insects in the

Ischnorhynchinae Ischnorhynchinae is a subfamily of seed bugs in the family Lygaeidae. There are about 16 genera and more than 70 described species in Ischnorhynchinae. The members of this subfamily are small, terrestrial insects that typically translucent or tra ...

subfamily of seed bugs that are

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found els ...

to Australia. There are three described species in ''Crompus''.

Species

These three species belong to the genus ''Crompus'': * ''

Crompus nesiotes ''Crompus'' is a genus of seed bugs in the family Lygaeidae. ''Crompus'' are terrestrial insects in the Ischnorhynchinae subfamily of seed bugs that are endemic to Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sov ...

'' Ashlock, 1967 * ''

Crompus oculatus ''Crompus'' is a genus of seed bugs in the family Lygaeidae. ''Crompus'' are terrestrial insects in the Ischnorhynchinae subfamily of seed bugs that are endemic to Australia. There are three described species in ''Crompus''. Species These thr ...

'' Stål, 1874 * ''

Crompus opacus ''Crompus opacus'' is a species of seed bug in the family Lygaeidae. It is a terrestrial insect found only in Australia. ''Crompus opacus'' is not currently listed under the Territory Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act 1976 in the Northern Terr ...

'' Scudder, 1958

Species

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