Checklist of Suborder Heteroptera Latreille, 1810 (Bugs)
for Taiwan (East Asia)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 650
12550
43797 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 648
12547
43788 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 622
12412
43330 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Paraneoptera
Martynov, 1923
| 152
2168
7141 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Hemiptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Aphids, Bugs, Cicadas, Hemipterans, Hoppers, True bugs | 113
1936
6529 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Heteroptera
Latreille, 1810
Bugs, Gerrids, Heteropterans, True bugs | 49
476
960 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Taiwan
49 Families width 960 Species and 23 Subspecies
| Acanthosomatidae Signoret, 1864 | Acanthosomatids | 11 | Species | Taxom | | Alydidae Amyot & Serv..., 1843 | Bean bugs | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Anthocoridae Fieber, 1837 | Flower bugs | 18 | Species | Taxom | | Aradidae Spinola, 1837 | Flat bug | 23 | Species | Taxom | | Belostomatidae Leach, 1815 | Alligator ticks | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Berytidae Fieber, 1851 | Stilt bug | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Blissidae Stål, 1862 | Chinch Bugs | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Ceratocombidae Fieber, 1861 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cimicidae Latreille, 1802 | Bat bugs | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Colobathristidae Stål, 1866 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Coreidae Leach, 1815 | Broad-headed bugs | 54 | Species | Taxom | | Corixidae Leach, 1815 | Lesser Water-Boatman | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Cydnidae Billberg, 1820 | Burrower bugs | 11 | Species | Taxom | | Cymidae Baerensprung, 1860 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dinidoridae Stål, 1867 | Dinidorid bug | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Dipsocoridae Dohrn, 1859 | Dipsocorids | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Enicocephalidae Stål, 1860 | Gnat bug | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Gelastocoridae Kirkaldy, 1897 | Toad bug | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Geocoridae Baerensprung, 1860 | Big-eyed Bugs | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Gerridae Leach, 1815 | Jesus bugs | 18 | Species | Taxom | | Hebridae Amyot and Se..., 1843 | Velvet water bug | 9 | Species | Taxom | | Helotrephidae Esaki & China, 1927 | Beetle backswimmers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Heterogastridae Stål, 1872 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hydrometridae Billberg, 1820 | Marsh treader | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Largidae Amyot and Se..., 1843 | Bordered plant bugs | 10 | Species | Taxom | | Lygaeidae Schilling, 1829 | Chinch bugs | 28 | Species | Taxom | | Malcidae Stål, 1865 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Mesoveliidae Douglas and ..., 1867 | Pond treaders | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Micronectidae Jaczewski, 1924 | Pygmy water boatmen | 12 | Species | Taxom | | Miridae Hahn, 1831 | Capsid bugs | 249 | Species | Taxom | | Nabidae Costa, 1852 | Damsel bugs | 10 | Species | Taxom | | Nepidae Latreille, 1802 | Back-swimmer Water-boatmen | 12 | Species | Taxom | | Notonectidae Latreille, 1802 | Back Swimmers | 10 | Species | Taxom | | Oxycarenidae Stål, 1862 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Pachygronthidae Stål, 1865 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Pentatomidae Leach, 1815 | Lesser shield bugs | 104 | Species | Taxom | | Plataspidae (Dallas, 1851) | | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Plataspididae (Dallas, 1851) | | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Pleidae Fieber, 1817 | Pigmy backswimmers | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Pyrrhocoridae Dohrn, 1859 | Cotton stainers | 16 | Species | Taxom | | Rhopalidae Amyot & Serv..., 1843 | Rhopalid Bugs | 17 | Species | Taxom | | Rhyparochromidae Amyot & Serv..., 1843 | Dirt-colored Seed Bugs | 35 | Species | Taxom | | Saldidae Amyot and Se..., 1843 | Shore bug | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Scutelleridae Leach, 1815 | Jewel bugs | 25 | Species | Taxom | | Tessaratomidae Stål, 1864 | Giant shield bug | 12 | Species | Taxom | | Tingidae Laporte, 1832 | Lace bug | 135 | Species | Taxom | | Urostylidae (Dallas, 1851) | | 12 | Species | Taxom | | Veliidae Amyot & Serv..., 1843 | Broad-shouldered bugs | 12 | Species | Taxom | | Velocipedidae Bergroth, 1891 | Fast-footed bugs | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Subnodes of Heteroptera with occurrences in Taiwan | Infraorder | Cimicomorpha
Leston & al., 1954
Assassin bugs, Bed bugs, Thaumastocorid bugs | 6
194
421 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Infraorder | Dipsocoromorpha ♰
Miyamoto, 1961
minute litter bugs | 2
2
3 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Infraorder | Enicocephalomorpha
Stichel, 1955
unique-headed bugs | 1
4
7 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Infraorder | Gerromorpha
Popov, 1971
Semi-aquatic Bugs, Semiaquatic bugs, Shore-inhabiting bugs | 5
21
48 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Infraorder | Leptopodomorpha
Popov, 1971
Leptopodid bugs | 1
4
6 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Infraorder | Nepomorpha
Popov, 1971
Aquatic bugs, True water bugs, water bugs | 8
18
56 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Infraorder | Pentatomomorpha
Leston & al., 1954
| 26
233
419 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
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