Species list, Checklist of Suborder Heteroptera (Bugs) for Torres Strait (West Pacific Ocean)

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	79 266 394	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Pterygota Lang, 1888 Winged insects	79 266 394	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Neoptera van der Wulp, 1890 Modern Wing-folding insects	73 238 351	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Paraneoptera Martynov, 1923	14 26 29	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Hemiptera Linnaeus, 1758 Aphids, Bugs, Cicadas, Hemipterans, Hoppers, True bugs	13 25 28	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Heteroptera Latreille, 1810 Bugs, Gerrids, Heteropterans, True bugs	5 11 12	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Torres Strait
5 Families width 12 Species

Pentatomidae Leach, 1815	Lesser shield bugs	5	Species	Taxom
Aradidae Spinola, 1837	Flat bug	1	Species	Taxom
Heterogastridae Stål, 1872		1	Species	Taxom
Gerridae Leach, 1815	Jesus bugs	4	Species	Taxom
Rhyparochromidae Amyot & Serv..., 1843	Dirt-colored Seed Bugs	1	Species	Taxom

Genera for Torres Strait
11 Genera with 12 Species

Species list for Torres Strait
12 Species

Agonoscelis rutila Fabricius, 1776	Horehound bug
Arictus monteithi Kormilev, 1965
Dinomachus australis Carpenter, 1891
Eysarcoris trimaculatus Distant, 1881	Rice Stink Bug
Grossiana persignata Walker, 1867
Halobates (Halobates) hayanus White, 1883
Halobates (Halobates) regalis Carpenter, 1892
Hoffmanseggiella defensor Fabricius, 1775
Limnogonus (Limnogonus) hungerfordi Andersen, 1975	Highland Shiner
Limnometra lipovskyi Hungerford &..., 1958
Plautia affinis Dallas, 1851	Green Stink Bug
Reclada moesta White, 1878	Seed bug

Subnodes of Heteroptera with occurrences in Torres Strait

Infraorder	Gerromorpha Popov, 1971 Semi-aquatic Bugs, Semiaquatic bugs, Shore-inhabiting bugs	1 3 4	Family Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Pentatomomorpha Leston & al., 1954	4 8 8	Families Genera Species	Taxom

Heteroptera (Latreille 1810)

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