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Checklist for Family Lygaeidae Schilling, 1829 (Chinch bugs)
and region Cairns (Cape York Peninsula, Australia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
292
1731
2719
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
292
1731
2719
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
276
1679
2638
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Paraneoptera
Martynov, 1923
45
178
215
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hemiptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Aphids, Bugs, Cicadas, Hemipterans, Hoppers, True bugs
41
171
207
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Heteroptera
Latreille, 1810
Bugs, Gerrids, Heteropterans, True bugs
25
95
114
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Pentatomomorpha
Leston & al., 1954
13
75
83
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Lygaeoidea
Schilling, 1829
6
28
33
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyLygaeidae
Schilling, 1829
Chinch bugs, Ground bugs, Groundbugs, Milkweed Bug
7
9
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Cairns
7 Genera with 9 Species
Graptostethus Stål, 19852SpeciesTaxom
Melanerythrus Stål, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Nysius Dallas, 1891False Chinch Bug2SpeciesTaxom
Oncopeltus Stål, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Pylorgus Stål, 19581SpeciesTaxom
Scopiastes Stål, 19001SpeciesTaxom
Spilostethus Stål, 1794Milkweed bugs1SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Cairns
9 Species
Graptostethus servus Fabricius, 1787Lygaeid bug
Graptostethus varipictus Slater, 1985Large Milkweed Bug
Melanerythrus biguttatus Fabricius, 1775
Nysius (Nysius) caledoniae Distant, 1920Caledonia seed bug
Nysius vinitor Bergroth, 1891Australian fly bug
Oncopeltus (Oncopeltus) microps Horváth, 1914
Pylorgus australensis Scudder, 1958
Scopiastes laticeps Breddin, 1900
Spilostethus hospes Fabricius, 1794

Subnodes of Lygaeidae with occurrences in Cairns
SubfamilyIschnorrhynchinae
Stål, 1872
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLygaeinae
Schilling, 1829
5
6
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyOrsillinae
Stål, 1872
1
2
Genus
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