Checklist of Suborder Heteroptera Latreille, 1810 (Bugs)
for Venezuela (Northern South America)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 514
6360
16212 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 512
6356
16208 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 486
6227
15868 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Paraneoptera
Martynov, 1923
| 113
866
1726 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Hemiptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Aphids, Bugs, Cicadas, Hemipterans, Hoppers, True bugs | 73
716
1395 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Heteroptera
Latreille, 1810
Bugs, Gerrids, Heteropterans, True bugs | 31
235
440 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Venezuela
26 Families width 440 Species and 10 Subspecies
| Alydidae Amyot & Serv..., 1843 | Bean bugs | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Anthocoridae Fieber, 1837 | Flower bugs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Aradidae Spinola, 1837 | Flat bug | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Belostomatidae Leach, 1815 | Alligator ticks | 25 | Species | Taxom | | Berytidae Fieber, 1851 | Stilt bug | 10 | Species | Taxom | | Blissidae Stål, 1862 | Chinch Bugs | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Coreidae Leach, 1815 | Broad-headed bugs | 60 | Species | Taxom | | Corixidae Leach, 1815 | Lesser Water-Boatman | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Cydnidae Billberg, 1820 | Burrower bugs | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Geocoridae Baerensprung, 1860 | Big-eyed Bugs | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Gerridae Leach, 1815 | Jesus bugs | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Lygaeidae Schilling, 1829 | Chinch bugs | 40 | Species | Taxom | | Micronectidae Jaczewski, 1924 | Pygmy water boatmen | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Miridae Hahn, 1831 | Capsid bugs | 126 | Species | Taxom | | Naucoridae Leach, 1815 | Creeping water bug | 12 | Species | Taxom | | Nepidae Latreille, 1802 | Back-swimmer Water-boatmen | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Notonectidae Latreille, 1802 | Back Swimmers | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Oxycarenidae Stål, 1862 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Pentatomidae Leach, 1815 | Lesser shield bugs | 30 | Species | Taxom | | Rhopalidae Amyot & Serv..., 1843 | Rhopalid Bugs | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Rhyparochromidae Amyot & Serv..., 1843 | Dirt-colored Seed Bugs | 34 | Species | Taxom | | Scutelleridae Leach, 1815 | Jewel bugs | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Tessaratomidae Stål, 1864 | Giant shield bug | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Thyreocoridae Amyot and Se..., 1843 | Black bugs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tingidae Laporte, 1832 | Lace bug | 33 | Species | Taxom | | Veliidae Amyot & Serv..., 1843 | Broad-shouldered bugs | 18 | Species | Taxom |
Subnodes of Heteroptera with occurrences in Venezuela | Infraorder | Cimicomorpha
Leston & al., 1954
Assassin bugs, Bed bugs, Thaumastocorid bugs | 5
88
160 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Infraorder | Gerromorpha
Popov, 1971
Semi-aquatic Bugs, Semiaquatic bugs, Shore-inhabiting bugs | 2
11
24 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Infraorder | Nepomorpha
Popov, 1971
Aquatic bugs, True water bugs, water bugs | 6
16
48 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Infraorder | Pentatomomorpha
Leston & al., 1954
| 17
119
207 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
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