Checklist of Suborder Heteroptera Latreille, 1810 (Bugs)
for Belgium (Benelux)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 567
6607
20414 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 564
6595
20399 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 535
6514
20222 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Paraneoptera
Martynov, 1923
| 126
964
2350 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Hemiptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Aphids, Bugs, Cicadas, Hemipterans, Hoppers, True bugs | 87
836
2104 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Heteroptera
Latreille, 1810
Bugs, Gerrids, Heteropterans, True bugs | 42
336
819 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Belgium
42 Families width 819 Species and 45 Subspecies
| Acanthosomatidae Signoret, 1864 | Acanthosomatids | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Alydidae Amyot & Serv..., 1843 | Bean bugs | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Anthocoridae Fieber, 1837 | Flower bugs | 35 | Species | Taxom | | Aphelocheiridae Fieber, 1851 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Aradidae Spinola, 1837 | Flat bug | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Artheneidae Stål, 1872 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Belostomatidae Leach, 1815 | Alligator ticks | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Berytidae Fieber, 1851 | Stilt bug | 15 | Species | Taxom | | Blissidae Stål, 1862 | Chinch Bugs | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Cimicidae Latreille, 1802 | Bat bugs | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Coreidae Leach, 1815 | Broad-headed bugs | 20 | Species | Taxom | | Corixidae Leach, 1815 | Lesser Water-Boatman | 37 | Species | Taxom | | Cydnidae Billberg, 1820 | Burrower bugs | 18 | Species | Taxom | | Cymidae Baerensprung, 1860 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Geocoridae Baerensprung, 1860 | Big-eyed Bugs | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Gerridae Leach, 1815 | Jesus bugs | 13 | Species | Taxom | | Hebridae Amyot and Se..., 1843 | Velvet water bug | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Heterogastridae Stål, 1872 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Hydrometridae Billberg, 1820 | Marsh treader | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Leptopodidae Amyot and Se..., 1843 | Spiny shore bugs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lygaeidae Schilling, 1829 | Chinch bugs | 30 | Species | Taxom | | Mesoveliidae Douglas and ..., 1867 | Pond treaders | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Micronectidae Jaczewski, 1924 | Pygmy water boatmen | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Microphysidae Dohrn, 1859 | Microphysid bugs | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Miridae Hahn, 1831 | Capsid bugs | 291 | Species | Taxom | | Nabidae Costa, 1852 | Damsel bugs | 20 | Species | Taxom | | Naucoridae Leach, 1815 | Creeping water bug | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Nepidae Latreille, 1802 | Back-swimmer Water-boatmen | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Notonectidae Latreille, 1802 | Back Swimmers | 9 | Species | Taxom | | Oxycarenidae Stål, 1862 | | 9 | Species | Taxom | | Pentatomidae Leach, 1815 | Lesser shield bugs | 54 | Species | Taxom | | Piesmatidae Amyot & Audi..., 1843 | Ash grey leaf bug | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Plataspididae (Dallas, 1851) | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pleidae Fieber, 1817 | Pigmy backswimmers | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Pyrrhocoridae Dohrn, 1859 | Cotton stainers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Rhopalidae Amyot & Serv..., 1843 | Rhopalid Bugs | 17 | Species | Taxom | | Rhyparochromidae Amyot & Serv..., 1843 | Dirt-colored Seed Bugs | 85 | Species | Taxom | | Saldidae Amyot and Se..., 1843 | Shore bug | 22 | Species | Taxom | | Scutelleridae Leach, 1815 | Jewel bugs | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Thyreocoridae Amyot and Se..., 1843 | Black bugs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tingidae Laporte, 1832 | Lace bug | 50 | Species | Taxom | | Veliidae Amyot & Serv..., 1843 | Broad-shouldered bugs | 12 | Species | Taxom |
Subnodes of Heteroptera with occurrences in Belgium | Infraorder | Cimicomorpha
Leston & al., 1954
Assassin bugs, Bed bugs, Thaumastocorid bugs | 6
145
405 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Infraorder | Gerromorpha
Popov, 1971
Semi-aquatic Bugs, Semiaquatic bugs, Shore-inhabiting bugs | 5
9
32 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Infraorder | Leptopodomorpha
Popov, 1971
Leptopodid bugs | 2
8
23 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Infraorder | Nepomorpha
Popov, 1971
Aquatic bugs, True water bugs, water bugs | 8
19
60 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Infraorder | Pentatomomorpha
Leston & al., 1954
| 21
154
298 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
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