Checklist for Suborder Heteroptera Latreille, 1810 (Bugs)
and region Nigeria (West Africa)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 388
4495
12408 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 385
4491
12404 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 368
4385
12052 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Paraneoptera
Martynov, 1923
| 89
591
1160 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Hemiptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Aphids, Bugs, Cicadas, Hemipterans, Hoppers, True bugs | 67
526
1071 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Heteroptera
Latreille, 1810
Bugs, Gerrids, Heteropterans, True bugs | 27
191
360 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Nigeria
27 Families width 360 Species and 11 Subspecies #ABCGHLMNOPRST
| Alydidae Amyot & Serv..., 1843 | Bean bugs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Anthocoridae Fieber, 1837 | Flower bugs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Belostomatidae Leach, 1815 | Alligator ticks | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Berytidae Fieber, 1851 | Stilt bug | 10 | Species | Taxom | | Blissidae Stål, 1862 | Chinch Bugs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cimicidae Latreille, 1802 | Bat bugs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Coreidae Leach, 1815 | Broad-headed bugs | 24 | Species | Taxom | | Cymidae Baerensprung, 1860 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Geocoridae Baerensprung, 1860 | Big-eyed Bugs | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Gerridae Leach, 1815 | Jesus bugs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Heterogastridae Stål, 1872 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Largidae Amyot and Se..., 1843 | Bordered plant bugs | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Lygaeidae Schilling, 1829 | Chinch bugs | 17 | Species | Taxom | | Malcidae Stål, 1865 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Micronectidae Jaczewski, 1924 | Pygmy water boatmen | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Miridae Hahn, 1831 | Capsid bugs | 207 | Species | Taxom | | Naucoridae Leach, 1815 | Creeping water bug | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nepidae Latreille, 1802 | Back-swimmer Water-boatmen | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Oxycarenidae Stål, 1862 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Pachygronthidae Stål, 1865 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pentatomidae Leach, 1815 | Lesser shield bugs | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Pyrrhocoridae Dohrn, 1859 | Cotton stainers | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Rhopalidae Amyot & Serv..., 1843 | Rhopalid Bugs | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Rhyparochromidae Amyot & Serv..., 1843 | Dirt-colored Seed Bugs | 14 | Species | Taxom | | Saldidae Amyot and Se..., 1843 | Shore bug | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Scutelleridae Leach, 1815 | Jewel bugs | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Tingidae Laporte, 1832 | Lace bug | 61 | Species | Taxom |
Subnodes of Heteroptera with occurrences in Nigeria | Infraorder | Cimicomorpha
Leston & al., 1954
Assassin bugs, Bed bugs, Thaumastocorid bugs | 4
122
270 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Infraorder | Gerromorpha
Popov, 1971
Semi-aquatic Bugs, Semiaquatic bugs, Shore-inhabiting bugs | 1
1
1 | Family
Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Infraorder | Leptopodomorpha
Popov, 1971
Leptopodid bugs | 1
1
0 | Family
Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Infraorder | Nepomorpha
Popov, 1971
Aquatic bugs, True water bugs, water bugs | 4
7
3 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Infraorder | Pentatomomorpha
Leston & al., 1954
| 17
60
86 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
 | | Heteroptera (Latreille 1810) |
Links, sources and further information Heteroptera at artfakta.se
Heteroptera at dyntaxa.se
Heteroptera at gbif.org
Heteroptera at gbif.org
Heteroptera at irmng.org
Heteroptera at itis.gov
Heteroptera at marinespecies.org
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