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Checklist for Family Lygaeidae Schilling, 1829 (Chinch bugs)
and region Benelux (West Europe)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
704
10060
34018
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
701
10048
34000
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
647
9800
33419
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Paraneoptera
Martynov, 1923
146
1316
3543
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hemiptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Aphids, Bugs, Cicadas, Hemipterans, Hoppers, True bugs
105
1166
3230
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Heteroptera
Latreille, 1810
Bugs, Gerrids, Heteropterans, True bugs
49
442
1115
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Pentatomomorpha
Leston & al., 1954
25
203
393
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Lygaeoidea
Schilling, 1829
11
89
208
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyLygaeidae
Schilling, 1829
Chinch bugs, Ground bugs, Groundbugs, Milkweed Bug
19
40
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Benelux
19 Genera with 40 Species
Arocatus Spinola, 18293SpeciesTaxom
Belonochilus Uhler, 18321SpeciesTaxom
Caprochromus Scudder, 19641SpeciesTaxom
Graptostethus Stål, 17871SpeciesTaxom
Horvathiolus Josifov, 17791SpeciesTaxom
Kleidocerys Stephens, 18726SpeciesTaxom
Leipsanon Handlirsch, 19061SpeciesTaxom
Lygaeus Fabricius, 19858SpeciesTaxom
Melanocoryphus Stål, 17781SpeciesTaxom
Melanopleurus Stål, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Nithecus Horváth, 18291SpeciesTaxom
Nysius Dallas, 1878False Chinch Bug12SpeciesTaxom
Ochrimnus Stål, 19822SpeciesTaxom
Oncopeltus Stål, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Orsillus Dallas, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Ortholomus Stal, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Spilostethus Stål, 1865Milkweed bugs7SpeciesTaxom
Tropidothorax Bergroth, 02SpeciesTaxom
Xyonysius Ashlock and ..., 1963
0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Benelux
40 Species and 14 Subspecies
Arocatus longiceps Stål, 1872Plane Tree Bug
Arocatus melanocephalus Fabricius, 1798Elm Seed Bug
Arocatus roeselii Schilling, 1829
Belonochilus numenius Say, 1832Sycamore Seed Bug
Caprochromus longisetosus Slater, 1964
Graptostethus servus Fabricius, 1787Lygaeid bug
Horvathiolus superbus Pollich, 1779
Kleidocerys ericae Horváth, 1908
Kleidocerys privignus Horváth, 1894
Kleidocerys resedae Panzer, 1797Birch Catkin Bug
Kleidocerys resedae flavicornis Duda, 1885
Kleidocerys resedae resedae Panzer, 1797
Kleidocerys truncatulus ericae Walker, 1872
Leipsanon reticulatum Handlirsch, 1906
Lygaeus apuans Rossi, 1794
Lygaeus equestris L., 1758Black-and-Red-bug
Lygaeus equestris equestris Linnaeus, 1758
Lygaeus familiaris Fabricius, 1781
Lygaeus kalmii Stål, 1874Mahaleb cherry
Lygaeus punctato guttatus
Lygaeus saxatilis (Scopoli, 1763)⇒ Spilostethus saxatilis Scopoli, 1763
Lygaeus simulans Deckert, 1985
Melanocoryphus albomaculatus Goeze, 1778
Melanopleurus pyrrhopterus melanopleurus Uhler, 1893
Nithecus jacobaeae Schilling, 1829
Nysius (Macroparius) cymoides Spinola, 1837
Nysius (Macroparius) graminicola Kolenati, 1846
Nysius graminicola graminicola Kolenati, 1845
Nysius (Macroparius) helveticus Herrich-Scha..., 1850
Nysius helveticus helveticus
Nysius (Nysius) ericae Schilling, 1829False chinch bug
Nysius ericae ericae Schilling, 1829
Nysius (Nysius) thymi Wolff, 1804Lygaeid bug
Nysius thymi thymi Wolff, 1804
Nysius (Tropinysius) senecionis Schilling, 1829
Nysius senecionis senecionis Schilling, 1829
Nysius huttoni White, 1878Wheat bug
Ochrimnus (Phaeochrimnus) dimorphopterus Brailovsky, 1982
Ochrimnus pseudocollaris H.Brailovsky, 1982
Oncopeltus (Erythrischius) fasciatus Dallas, 1852Large milkweed bug
Orsillus depressus Dallas, 1852
Ortholomus punctipennis Herrich-Scha..., 1838
Spilostethus crudelis Fabricius, 1781
Spilostethus hospes Fabricius, 1794
Spilostethus pandurus Scopoli, 1763
Spilostethus pandurus militaris Fabricius, 1775
Spilostethus saxatilis Scopoli, 1763Cretan soldier
Spilostethus saxatilis saxatilis
Spilostethus taeniatus Stål, 1865
Tropidothorax leucopterus Goeze, 1778
Tropidothorax leucopterus leucopterus

Subnodes of Lygaeidae with occurrences in Benelux
SubfamilyIschnorhynchinae
Stål, 1872
1
4
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLygaeinae
Schilling, 1829
10
23
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyOrsillinae
Stål, 1872
6
11
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