Checklist of Suborder Heteroptera Latreille, 1810 (Bugs)
for Brazil (Northern South America)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 757
16427
71364 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 754
16419
71346 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 701
16115
70281 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Paraneoptera
Martynov, 1923
| 166
2432
8317 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Hemiptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Aphids, Bugs, Cicadas, Hemipterans, Hoppers, True bugs | 116
2125
7169 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Heteroptera
Latreille, 1810
Bugs, Gerrids, Heteropterans, True bugs | 49
796
2602 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Brazil
49 Families width 2602 Species and 12 Subspecies
| Acanthosomatidae Signoret, 1864 | Acanthosomatids | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Alydidae Amyot & Serv..., 1843 | Bean bugs | 11 | Species | Taxom | | Anthocoridae Fieber, 1837 | Flower bugs | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Aradidae Spinola, 1837 | Flat bug | 64 | Species | Taxom | | Belostomatidae Leach, 1815 | Alligator ticks | 55 | Species | Taxom | | Berytidae Fieber, 1851 | Stilt bug | 25 | Species | Taxom | | Blissidae Stål, 1862 | Chinch Bugs | 23 | Species | Taxom | | Cimicidae Latreille, 1802 | Bat bugs | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Colobathristidae Stål, 1866 | | 14 | Species | Taxom | | Coreidae Leach, 1815 | Broad-headed bugs | 221 | Species | Taxom | | Corixidae Leach, 1815 | Lesser Water-Boatman | 15 | Species | Taxom | | Cydnidae Billberg, 1820 | Burrower bugs | 22 | Species | Taxom | | Cymidae Baerensprung, 1860 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Dinidoridae Stål, 1867 | Dinidorid bug | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Enicocephalidae Stål, 1860 | Gnat bug | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Gelastocoridae Kirkaldy, 1897 | Toad bug | 12 | Species | Taxom | | Geocoridae Baerensprung, 1860 | Big-eyed Bugs | 11 | Species | Taxom | | Gerridae Leach, 1815 | Jesus bugs | 30 | Species | Taxom | | Hebridae Amyot and Se..., 1843 | Velvet water bug | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Helotrephidae Esaki & China, 1927 | Beetle backswimmers | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Hydrometridae Billberg, 1820 | Marsh treader | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Largidae Amyot and Se..., 1843 | Bordered plant bugs | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Lygaeidae Schilling, 1829 | Chinch bugs | 84 | Species | Taxom | | Megarididae McAtee & Mal..., 1928 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Mesoveliidae Douglas and ..., 1867 | Pond treaders | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Micronectidae Jaczewski, 1924 | Pygmy water boatmen | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Miridae Hahn, 1831 | Capsid bugs | 1047 | Species | Taxom | | Nabidae Costa, 1852 | Damsel bugs | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Naucoridae Leach, 1815 | Creeping water bug | 38 | Species | Taxom | | Nepidae Latreille, 1802 | Back-swimmer Water-boatmen | 20 | Species | Taxom | | Notonectidae Latreille, 1802 | Back Swimmers | 29 | Species | Taxom | | Oxycarenidae Stål, 1862 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pachygronthidae Stål, 1865 | | 11 | Species | Taxom | | Pachynomidae Stål, 1873 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pentatomidae Leach, 1815 | Lesser shield bugs | 224 | Species | Taxom | | Phloeidae Amyot & Serv..., 1843 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Pleidae Fieber, 1817 | Pigmy backswimmers | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Plokiophilidae China, 1953 | Spider web bug | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pyrrhocoridae Dohrn, 1859 | Cotton stainers | 10 | Species | Taxom | | Rhopalidae Amyot & Serv..., 1843 | Rhopalid Bugs | 18 | Species | Taxom | | Rhyparochromidae Amyot & Serv..., 1843 | Dirt-colored Seed Bugs | 74 | Species | Taxom | | Saldidae Amyot and Se..., 1843 | Shore bug | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Schizopteridae Reuter, 1891 | Jumping ground bugs | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Scutelleridae Leach, 1815 | Jewel bugs | 14 | Species | Taxom | | Tessaratomidae Stål, 1864 | Giant shield bug | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Thaumastocoridae Kirkaldy, 1908 | Palm bug | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Thyreocoridae Amyot and Se..., 1843 | Black bugs | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Tingidae Laporte, 1832 | Lace bug | 369 | Species | Taxom | | Veliidae Amyot & Serv..., 1843 | Broad-shouldered bugs | 93 | Species | Taxom |
Subnodes of Heteroptera with occurrences in Brazil | Infraorder | Cimicomorpha
Leston & al., 1954
Assassin bugs, Bed bugs, Thaumastocorid bugs | 8
350
1428 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Infraorder | Dipsocoromorpha ♰
Miyamoto, 1961
minute litter bugs | 1
4
4 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Infraorder | Enicocephalomorpha
Stichel, 1955
unique-headed bugs | 1
1
2 | Family
Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Infraorder | Gerromorpha
Popov, 1971
Semi-aquatic Bugs, Semiaquatic bugs, Shore-inhabiting bugs | 5
32
140 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Infraorder | Leptopodomorpha
Popov, 1971
Leptopodid bugs | 1
2
4 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Infraorder | Nepomorpha
Popov, 1971
Aquatic bugs, True water bugs, water bugs | 9
43
176 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Infraorder | Pentatomomorpha
Leston & al., 1954
| 24
364
848 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
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