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Checklist for Family Lygaeidae Schilling, 1829 (Chinch bugs)
and region Azores (Macaronesia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
291
1643
2746
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
287
1635
2736
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
282
1624
2719
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Paraneoptera
Martynov, 1923
71
318
528
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hemiptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Aphids, Bugs, Cicadas, Hemipterans, Hoppers, True bugs
50
252
400
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Heteroptera
Latreille, 1810
Bugs, Gerrids, Heteropterans, True bugs
23
71
91
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Pentatomomorpha
Leston & al., 1954
11
33
43
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Lygaeoidea
Schilling, 1829
5
17
24
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyLygaeidae
Schilling, 1829
Chinch bugs, Ground bugs, Groundbugs, Milkweed Bug
4
7
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Azores
4 Genera with 7 Species
Kleidocerys Stephens, 18722SpeciesTaxom
Nysius Dallas, 1872False Chinch Bug4SpeciesTaxom
Orsillus Dallas, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Spilostethus Stål, 1763Milkweed bugs1SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Azores
7 Species and 1 Subspecies
Kleidocerys ericae Horváth, 1908
Kleidocerys truncatulus (Walker, 1872)⇒ Kleidocerys ericae Horváth, 1908
Nysius (Nysius) ericae Schilling, 1829False chinch bug
Nysius ericae ericae Schilling, 1829
Nysius atlantidum G.Horvath, 1890Ground bug
Nysius immunis Walker, 1872
Orsillus depressus Dallas, 1852
Spilostethus pandurus Scopoli, 1763

Subnodes of Lygaeidae with occurrences in Azores
SubfamilyIschnorhynchinae
Stål, 1872
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLygaeinae
Schilling, 1829
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyOrsillinae
Stål, 1872
2
4
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