BRC - Database of Insects and their Food Plants



Family	Alydidae
Sub Family
Description	a family of bugs
Background to Family	The sole member of the family, Alydus calcaratus, is unusual because the nymphs resemble ants, and they have been recorded in the nests of numerous ant species. There remains some doubt as to the foodplants of adults, which have also been recorded at carrion.

No. taxa in DBIF	1
No. interactions	7
% interactions with British data	71%
No. records	7
% taxa with British data	100%
Notes	Data currently unassessed by a specialist for changes in nomenclature, new species to the British list, new interactions, errors in original sources, and misspellings.; ;
Notes on Sources
Most recent source	1983

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Source	Schaefer, C.W. & Mitchell, P.L.(1983) Ann. ent. Soc. Am. 76 591-615:594

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