Checklist of Suborder Heteroptera Latreille, 1810 (Bugs)
for India (South Asia)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 701
14106
56149 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 697
14097
56137 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 660
13851
55355 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Paraneoptera
Martynov, 1923
| 149
2154
6116 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Hemiptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Aphids, Bugs, Cicadas, Hemipterans, Hoppers, True bugs | 110
1808
5264 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Heteroptera
Latreille, 1810
Bugs, Gerrids, Heteropterans, True bugs | 53
529
1118 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for India
53 Families width 1118 Species and 31 Subspecies
| Acanthosomatidae Signoret, 1864 | Acanthosomatids | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Alydidae Amyot & Serv..., 1843 | Bean bugs | 18 | Species | Taxom | | Anthocoridae Fieber, 1837 | Flower bugs | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Aradidae Spinola, 1837 | Flat bug | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Artheneidae Stål, 1872 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Belostomatidae Leach, 1815 | Alligator ticks | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Berytidae Fieber, 1851 | Stilt bug | 11 | Species | Taxom | | Blissidae Stål, 1862 | Chinch Bugs | 32 | Species | Taxom | | Ceratocombidae Fieber, 1861 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Cimicidae Latreille, 1802 | Bat bugs | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Colobathristidae Stål, 1866 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Coreidae Leach, 1815 | Broad-headed bugs | 107 | Species | Taxom | | Corixidae Leach, 1815 | Lesser Water-Boatman | 22 | Species | Taxom | | Cydnidae Billberg, 1820 | Burrower bugs | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Cymidae Baerensprung, 1860 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Dinidoridae Stål, 1867 | Dinidorid bug | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Gelastocoridae Kirkaldy, 1897 | Toad bug | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Geocoridae Baerensprung, 1860 | Big-eyed Bugs | 25 | Species | Taxom | | Gerridae Leach, 1815 | Jesus bugs | 32 | Species | Taxom | | Hebridae Amyot and Se..., 1843 | Velvet water bug | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Helotrephidae Esaki & China, 1927 | Beetle backswimmers | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Heterogastridae Stål, 1872 | | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Hydrometridae Billberg, 1820 | Marsh treader | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Largidae Amyot and Se..., 1843 | Bordered plant bugs | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Leptopodidae Amyot and Se..., 1843 | Spiny shore bugs | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Lygaeidae Schilling, 1829 | Chinch bugs | 120 | Species | Taxom | | Malcidae Stål, 1865 | | 10 | Species | Taxom | | Mesoveliidae Douglas and ..., 1867 | Pond treaders | 11 | Species | Taxom | | Micronectidae Jaczewski, 1924 | Pygmy water boatmen | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Microphysidae Dohrn, 1859 | Microphysid bugs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Miridae Hahn, 1831 | Capsid bugs | 224 | Species | Taxom | | Nabidae Costa, 1852 | Damsel bugs | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Naucoridae Leach, 1815 | Creeping water bug | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Nepidae Latreille, 1802 | Back-swimmer Water-boatmen | 13 | Species | Taxom | | Ninidae Barber, 1956 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Notonectidae Latreille, 1802 | Back Swimmers | 9 | Species | Taxom | | Oxycarenidae Stål, 1862 | | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Pachygronthidae Stål, 1865 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Pentatomidae Leach, 1815 | Lesser shield bugs | 58 | Species | Taxom | | Piesmatidae Amyot & Audi..., 1843 | Ash grey leaf bug | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Plataspidae (Dallas, 1851) | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Plataspididae (Dallas, 1851) | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Pyrrhocoridae Dohrn, 1859 | Cotton stainers | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Rhopalidae Amyot & Serv..., 1843 | Rhopalid Bugs | 18 | Species | Taxom | | Rhyparochromidae Amyot & Serv..., 1843 | Dirt-colored Seed Bugs | 110 | Species | Taxom | | Saldidae Amyot and Se..., 1843 | Shore bug | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Scutelleridae Leach, 1815 | Jewel bugs | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Tessaratomidae Stål, 1864 | Giant shield bug | 24 | Species | Taxom | | Thaumastocoridae Kirkaldy, 1908 | Palm bug | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Thyreocoridae Amyot and Se..., 1843 | Black bugs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tingidae Laporte, 1832 | Lace bug | 152 | Species | Taxom | | Urostylidae (Dallas, 1851) | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Veliidae Amyot & Serv..., 1843 | Broad-shouldered bugs | 7 | Species | Taxom |
Subnodes of Heteroptera with occurrences in India | Infraorder | Cimicomorpha
Leston & al., 1954
Assassin bugs, Bed bugs, Thaumastocorid bugs | 7
188
390 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Infraorder | Dipsocoromorpha ♰
Miyamoto, 1961
minute litter bugs | 1
1
0 | Family
Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Infraorder | Gerromorpha
Popov, 1971
Semi-aquatic Bugs, Semiaquatic bugs, Shore-inhabiting bugs | 5
17
55 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Infraorder | Leptopodomorpha
Popov, 1971
Leptopodid bugs | 2
4
2 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Infraorder | Nepomorpha
Popov, 1971
Aquatic bugs, True water bugs, water bugs | 8
22
62 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Infraorder | Pentatomomorpha
Leston & al., 1954
| 30
297
609 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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