Checklist of Suborder Heteroptera Latreille, 1810 (Bugs)
for Cameroon (Central Africa)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 426
5796
18192 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 426
5796
18192 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 408
5715
17984 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Paraneoptera
Martynov, 1923
| 90
612
1005 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Hemiptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Aphids, Bugs, Cicadas, Hemipterans, Hoppers, True bugs | 70
565
943 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Heteroptera
Latreille, 1810
Bugs, Gerrids, Heteropterans, True bugs | 28
175
254 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Cameroon
28 Families width 254 Species and 6 Subspecies
| Alydidae Amyot & Serv..., 1843 | Bean bugs | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Aradidae Spinola, 1837 | Flat bug | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Belostomatidae Leach, 1815 | Alligator ticks | 11 | Species | Taxom | | Berytidae Fieber, 1851 | Stilt bug | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Blissidae Stål, 1862 | Chinch Bugs | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Cimicidae Latreille, 1802 | Bat bugs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Coreidae Leach, 1815 | Broad-headed bugs | 37 | Species | Taxom | | Cydnidae Billberg, 1820 | Burrower bugs | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Cymidae Baerensprung, 1860 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dinidoridae Stål, 1867 | Dinidorid bug | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gelastocoridae Kirkaldy, 1897 | Toad bug | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Geocoridae Baerensprung, 1860 | Big-eyed Bugs | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Gerridae Leach, 1815 | Jesus bugs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Heterogastridae Stål, 1872 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Largidae Amyot and Se..., 1843 | Bordered plant bugs | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Lygaeidae Schilling, 1829 | Chinch bugs | 25 | Species | Taxom | | Miridae Hahn, 1831 | Capsid bugs | 78 | Species | Taxom | | Pachygronthidae Stål, 1865 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pentatomidae Leach, 1815 | Lesser shield bugs | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Plataspidae (Dallas, 1851) | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Plataspididae (Dallas, 1851) | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Pyrrhocoridae Dohrn, 1859 | Cotton stainers | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Rhopalidae Amyot & Serv..., 1843 | Rhopalid Bugs | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Rhyparochromidae Amyot & Serv..., 1843 | Dirt-colored Seed Bugs | 18 | Species | Taxom | | Scutelleridae Leach, 1815 | Jewel bugs | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Tessaratomidae Stål, 1864 | Giant shield bug | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tingidae Laporte, 1832 | Lace bug | 34 | Species | Taxom | | Veliidae Amyot & Serv..., 1843 | Broad-shouldered bugs | 2 | Species | Taxom |
Subnodes of Heteroptera with occurrences in Cameroon | Infraorder | Cimicomorpha
Leston & al., 1954
Assassin bugs, Bed bugs, Thaumastocorid bugs | 3
68
113 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Infraorder | Gerromorpha
Popov, 1971
Semi-aquatic Bugs, Semiaquatic bugs, Shore-inhabiting bugs | 2
2
3 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Infraorder | Nepomorpha
Popov, 1971
Aquatic bugs, True water bugs, water bugs | 2
5
12 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Infraorder | Pentatomomorpha
Leston & al., 1954
| 21
100
126 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
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