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Checklist for Family Lygaeidae Schilling, 1829 (Chinch bugs)
and region Afghanistan (South Asia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
351
2638
5979
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
349
2630
5969
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
343
2623
5962
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Paraneoptera
Martynov, 1923
63
394
677
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hemiptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Aphids, Bugs, Cicadas, Hemipterans, Hoppers, True bugs
55
380
653
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Heteroptera
Latreille, 1810
Bugs, Gerrids, Heteropterans, True bugs
27
149
223
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Pentatomomorpha
Leston & al., 1954
16
75
110
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Lygaeoidea
Schilling, 1829
8
39
53
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyLygaeidae
Schilling, 1829
Chinch bugs, Ground bugs, Groundbugs, Milkweed Bug
11
18
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Afghanistan
11 Genera with 18 Species
Horvathiolus Josifov, 17791SpeciesTaxom
Kleidocerys Stephens, 17971SpeciesTaxom
Lygaeosoma Spinola, 18371SpeciesTaxom
Lygaeus Fabricius, 19853SpeciesTaxom
Melanocoryphus Stål, 17781SpeciesTaxom
Nithecus Horváth, 18291SpeciesTaxom
Nysius Dallas, 1804False Chinch Bug3SpeciesTaxom
Ortholomus Stal, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Paranysius Horváth, 01SpeciesTaxom
Spilostethus Stål, 0Milkweed bugs5SpeciesTaxom
Tropidothorax Bergroth, 02SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Afghanistan
18 Species and 4 Subspecies
Horvathiolus superbus Pollich, 1779
Kleidocerys resedae Panzer, 1797Birch Catkin Bug
Lygaeosoma sardeum sardeum Spinola, 1837
Lygaeus creticus Lucas, 1854
Lygaeus equestris L., 1758Black-and-Red-bug
Lygaeus simulans Deckert, 1985
Melanocoryphus albomaculatus Goeze, 1778
Nithecus jacobaeae Schilling, 1829
Nysius (Macroparius) cymoides Spinola, 1837
Nysius (Macroparius) graminicola Kolenati, 1846
Nysius (Nysius) thymi Wolff, 1804Lygaeid bug
Ortholomus punctipennis Herrich-Scha..., 1838
Paranysius fraterculus fraterculus
Spilostethus longulus Dallas, 1852
Spilostethus pandurus Scopoli, 1763
Spilostethus rubriceps Horváth, 1899
Spilostethus saxatilis Scopoli, 1763Cretan soldier
Spilostethus saxatilis saxatilis
Tropidothorax leucopterus Goeze, 1778
Tropidothorax leucopterus leucopterus

Subnodes of Lygaeidae with occurrences in Afghanistan
SubfamilyIschnorhynchinae
Stål, 1872
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLygaeinae
Schilling, 1829
7
12
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyOrsillinae
Stål, 1872
3
5
Genera
Species

Taxom



Lygaeidae (Schilling 1829)
Lygaeidae (Schilling 1829)


Links, sources and further information
Lygaeidae at artfakta.se
Lygaeidae at dyntaxa.se
Lygaeidae at gbif.org
Lygaeidae at irmng.org
Lygaeidae at itis.gov