Checklist of Suborder Heteroptera Latreille, 1810 (Bugs)
for Lesotho (Southern Africa)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 288
1975
3826 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 287
1972
3822 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 273
1944
3787 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Paraneoptera
Martynov, 1923
| 66
318
588 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Hemiptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Aphids, Bugs, Cicadas, Hemipterans, Hoppers, True bugs | 59
301
567 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Heteroptera
Latreille, 1810
Bugs, Gerrids, Heteropterans, True bugs | 24
109
237 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Lesotho
24 Families width 237 Species and 4 Subspecies
| Alydidae Amyot & Serv..., 1843 | Bean bugs | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Aphelocheiridae Fieber, 1851 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Belostomatidae Leach, 1815 | Alligator ticks | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Coreidae Leach, 1815 | Broad-headed bugs | 11 | Species | Taxom | | Corixidae Leach, 1815 | Lesser Water-Boatman | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Dinidoridae Stål, 1867 | Dinidorid bug | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Gerridae Leach, 1815 | Jesus bugs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hebridae Amyot and Se..., 1843 | Velvet water bug | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Lygaeidae Schilling, 1829 | Chinch bugs | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Mesoveliidae Douglas and ..., 1867 | Pond treaders | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Micronectidae Jaczewski, 1924 | Pygmy water boatmen | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Miridae Hahn, 1831 | Capsid bugs | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Nabidae Costa, 1852 | Damsel bugs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Naucoridae Leach, 1815 | Creeping water bug | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Notonectidae Latreille, 1802 | Back Swimmers | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Pachygronthidae Stål, 1865 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Paraphrynoveliidae (Anderson, 1978) | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pentatomidae Leach, 1815 | Lesser shield bugs | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Pleidae Fieber, 1817 | Pigmy backswimmers | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Pyrrhocoridae Dohrn, 1859 | Cotton stainers | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Rhyparochromidae Amyot & Serv..., 1843 | Dirt-colored Seed Bugs | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Scutelleridae Leach, 1815 | Jewel bugs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tingidae Laporte, 1832 | Lace bug | 172 | Species | Taxom | | Veliidae Amyot & Serv..., 1843 | Broad-shouldered bugs | 5 | Species | Taxom |
Subnodes of Heteroptera with occurrences in Lesotho | Infraorder | Cimicomorpha
Leston & al., 1954
Assassin bugs, Bed bugs, Thaumastocorid bugs | 3
61
181 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Infraorder | Gerromorpha
Popov, 1971
Semi-aquatic Bugs, Semiaquatic bugs, Shore-inhabiting bugs | 5
7
11 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Infraorder | Nepomorpha
Popov, 1971
Aquatic bugs, True water bugs, water bugs | 7
9
17 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Infraorder | Pentatomomorpha
Leston & al., 1954
| 9
32
28 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
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