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Checklist for Family Lygaeidae Schilling, 1829 (Chinch bugs)
and region England (Great Britain, United Kingdom)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
814
10533
30513
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
812
10526
30505
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
740
10258
29944
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Paraneoptera
Martynov, 1923
159
1295
2703
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hemiptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Aphids, Bugs, Cicadas, Hemipterans, Hoppers, True bugs
127
1163
2455
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Heteroptera
Latreille, 1810
Bugs, Gerrids, Heteropterans, True bugs
52
452
924
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Pentatomomorpha
Leston & al., 1954
23
209
336
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Lygaeoidea
Schilling, 1829
12
80
159
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyLygaeidae
Schilling, 1829
Chinch bugs, Ground bugs, Groundbugs, Milkweed Bug
14
32
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for England
14 Genera with 32 Species
Arocatus Spinola, 18672SpeciesTaxom
Crompus Stål, 19581SpeciesTaxom
Dermatinoides Slater & Sweet, 19731SpeciesTaxom
Graptostethus Stål, 19851SpeciesTaxom
Kleidocerys Stephens, 18724SpeciesTaxom
Lygaeites Heer, 18565SpeciesTaxom
Lygaeus Fabricius, 18742SpeciesTaxom
Macchiademus Slater & Wilcox, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Melanerythrus Stål, 18661SpeciesTaxom
Nysius Dallas, 1891False Chinch Bug13SpeciesTaxom
Orsillus Dallas, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Ortholomus Stal, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Spilostethus Stål, 0Milkweed bugs1SpeciesTaxom
Tropidothorax Bergroth, 01SpeciesTaxom


Species list for England
32 Species and 6 Subspecies
Arocatus longiceps Stål, 1872Plane Tree Bug
Arocatus rusticus Stål, 1867
Crompus opacus Scudder, 1958
Dermatinoides nervosus Slater & Sweet, 1973
Graptostethus varipictus Slater, 1985Large Milkweed Bug
Kleidocerys ericae Horváth, 1908
Kleidocerys resedae Panzer, 1797Birch Catkin Bug
Kleidocerys resedae resedae Panzer, 1797
Kleidocerys truncatulus (Walker, 1872)⇒ Kleidocerys ericae Horváth, 1908
Lygaeites acourti Cockerell, 1921
Lygaeites amabilis Cockerell, 1921
Lygaeites dallasi
Lygaeites furcatus Giebel, 1856
Lygaeites priscus Giebel, 1856
Lygaeus equestris equestris Linnaeus, 1758
Lygaeus kalmii Stål, 1874Mahaleb cherry
Macchiademus diplopterus Distant, 1903
Melanerythrus mactans Stål, 1866
Nysius (Macroparius) graminicola Kolenati, 1846
Nysius (Macroparius) helveticus Herrich-Scha..., 1850
Nysius (Nysius) caledoniae Distant, 1920Caledonia seed bug
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 huttoni White, 1878Wheat bug
Nysius niger Baker, 1906Northern false chinch bug
Nysius raphanus Howard, 1872False chinch bug
Nysius tasmaniensis Malipatil, 2005
Nysius vinitor Bergroth, 1891Australian fly bug
Orsillus depressus Dallas, 1852
Ortholomus punctipennis Herrich-Scha..., 1838
Spilostethus saxatilis saxatilis
Tropidothorax leucopterus leucopterus

Subnodes of Lygaeidae with occurrences in England
SubfamilyIschnorhynchinae
Stål, 1872
1
3
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyIschnorrhynchinae
Stål, 1872
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLygaeinae
Schilling, 1829
6
8
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyOrsillinae
Stål, 1872
3
13
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