Checklist of Suborder Heteroptera Latreille, 1810 (Bugs)
for Botswana (Southern Africa)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 315
2337
4562 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 313
2335
4557 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 297
2273
4403 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Paraneoptera
Martynov, 1923
| 56
200
345 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Hemiptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Aphids, Bugs, Cicadas, Hemipterans, Hoppers, True bugs | 48
176
321 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Heteroptera
Latreille, 1810
Bugs, Gerrids, Heteropterans, True bugs | 28
120
259 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Botswana
28 Families width 259 Species and 4 Subspecies
| Aradidae Spinola, 1837 | Flat bug | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Belostomatidae Leach, 1815 | Alligator ticks | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Blissidae Stål, 1862 | Chinch Bugs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Coreidae Leach, 1815 | Broad-headed bugs | 11 | Species | Taxom | | Corixidae Leach, 1815 | Lesser Water-Boatman | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Cydnidae Billberg, 1820 | Burrower bugs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dinidoridae Stål, 1867 | Dinidorid bug | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gelastocoridae Kirkaldy, 1897 | Toad bug | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gerridae Leach, 1815 | Jesus bugs | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Hydrometridae Billberg, 1820 | Marsh treader | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Lygaeidae Schilling, 1829 | Chinch bugs | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Micronectidae Jaczewski, 1924 | Pygmy water boatmen | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Miridae Hahn, 1831 | Capsid bugs | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Naucoridae Leach, 1815 | Creeping water bug | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Nepidae Latreille, 1802 | Back-swimmer Water-boatmen | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Notonectidae Latreille, 1802 | Back Swimmers | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Pachygronthidae Stål, 1865 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pentatomidae Leach, 1815 | Lesser shield bugs | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Piesmatidae Amyot & Audi..., 1843 | Ash grey leaf bug | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Plataspididae (Dallas, 1851) | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Pleidae Fieber, 1817 | Pigmy backswimmers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pyrrhocoridae Dohrn, 1859 | Cotton stainers | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Rhopalidae Amyot & Serv..., 1843 | Rhopalid Bugs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Rhyparochromidae Amyot & Serv..., 1843 | Dirt-colored Seed Bugs | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Scutelleridae Leach, 1815 | Jewel bugs | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Tessaratomidae Stål, 1864 | Giant shield bug | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Tingidae Laporte, 1832 | Lace bug | 173 | Species | Taxom | | Veliidae Amyot & Serv..., 1843 | Broad-shouldered bugs | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Subnodes of Heteroptera with occurrences in Botswana | Infraorder | Cimicomorpha
Leston & al., 1954
Assassin bugs, Bed bugs, Thaumastocorid bugs | 2
53
175 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Infraorder | Gerromorpha
Popov, 1971
Semi-aquatic Bugs, Semiaquatic bugs, Shore-inhabiting bugs | 3
6
6 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Infraorder | Nepomorpha
Popov, 1971
Aquatic bugs, True water bugs, water bugs | 8
18
35 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Infraorder | Pentatomomorpha
Leston & al., 1954
| 15
43
43 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
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