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Checklist for Family Lygaeidae Schilling, 1829 (Chinch bugs)
and region Ethiopia (East Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
368
4268
12556
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
367
4267
12554
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
351
4207
12406
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Paraneoptera
Martynov, 1923
67
391
666
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hemiptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Aphids, Bugs, Cicadas, Hemipterans, Hoppers, True bugs
58
354
621
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Heteroptera
Latreille, 1810
Bugs, Gerrids, Heteropterans, True bugs
26
162
293
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Pentatomomorpha
Leston & al., 1954
18
77
138
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Lygaeoidea
Schilling, 1829
9
50
107
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyLygaeidae
Schilling, 1829
Chinch bugs, Ground bugs, Groundbugs, Milkweed Bug
25
46
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Ethiopia
25 Genera with 46 Species
#ABCDGHLMNOPS
Allocentrum Bergroth, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Arocatus Spinola, 18591SpeciesTaxom
Aspilocoryphus Stål, 18581SpeciesTaxom
Aulacopeltus Stål, 19781SpeciesTaxom
Blissiella Slater, 19641SpeciesTaxom
Caenocoris Fieber, 18471SpeciesTaxom
Camptocoris Puton, 19181SpeciesTaxom
Caprochromus Scudder, 19542SpeciesTaxom
Cosmopleurus Stål, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Distadieuches Scudder, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Gondarius Stys, 19721SpeciesTaxom
Graptostethus Stål, 17874SpeciesTaxom
Horvathiolus Josifov, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Lygaeus Fabricius, 19182SpeciesTaxom
Masoas Distant, 19742SpeciesTaxom
Melanotelus Reuter, 18552SpeciesTaxom
Microspilus Stål, 18811SpeciesTaxom
Nysius Dallas, 1837False Chinch Bug1SpeciesTaxom
Oncopeltus Stål, 01SpeciesTaxom
Orsillus Dallas, 19781SpeciesTaxom
Paranysius Horváth, 01SpeciesTaxom
Pylorgus Stål, 19623SpeciesTaxom
Salaciola Bergroth, 19781SpeciesTaxom
Spilostethus Stål, 1794Milkweed bugs14SpeciesTaxom
Stilbocoris Bergroth, 19781SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Ethiopia
46 Species and 6 Subspecies
Allocentrum crassifemur Stål, 1855
Arocatus sericans Stål, 1859
Aspilocoryphus fasciativentris Stål, 1858
Aulacopeltus melas Linnavuori, 1978
Blissiella castanea Slater & J.A., 1964
Caenocoris (Caenocoris) nerii Germar, 1847
Camptocoris typus Distant, 1918
Caprochromus brevis Lethierry, 1883
Caprochromus trapezonotoides Mancini, 1954
Cosmopleurus fulvipes Dallas, 1852
Distadieuches crudelis Haglund, 1895
Gondarius inexpectatus Stys, 1972
Graptostethus grandis Distant, 1901
Graptostethus guigliai Mancini, 1953
Graptostethus imperialis Mancini, 1939
Graptostethus servus servus Fabricius, 1787
Horvathiolus delicatulus C.Stal, 1855
Lygaeus degeni Distant, 1918
Lygaeus negus Distant, 1918
Masoas koronis Linnavuori, 1974
Masoas subtilis Linnavuori, 1974
Melanotelus villosula C.Stal, 1855
Melanotelus villosulus Stål, 1855
Microspilus ruficornis Lethierry, 1881
Nysius senecionis binotatus Germar, 1837
Oncopeltus famelicus famelicus
Orsillus montanus Linnavuori, 1978
Paranysius fallaciosus fallaciosus
Pylorgus ericae R.Linnavuori, 1978
Pylorgus ferruginosus Scudder, 1962
Pylorgus scotti Scudder, 1962
Salaciola signaticornis R.Linnavuori, 1978
Spilostethus altivolens Linnavuori, 1978
Spilostethus amaenus Bolivar, 1879
Spilostethus furcula Herrich-Scha..., 1850
Spilostethus lemniscatus Stål, 1855
Spilostethus longulus Dallas, 1852
Spilostethus macilentus Stål, 1874
Spilostethus mimus Stål, 1865
Spilostethus montislunae Bergroth, 1914
Spilostethus pandurus Scopoli, 1763
Spilostethus pandurus militaris Fabricius, 1775
Spilostethus rivularis epimetheus Linnavuori, 1974
Spilostethus stehliki Decker, 2013
Spilostethus taeniatus Stål, 1865
Spilostethus trilineatus Fabricius, 1794
Stilbocoris galla Linnavuori, 1978

Subnodes of Lygaeidae with occurrences in Ethiopia
SubfamilyIschnorrhynchinae
Stål, 1872
1
3
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLygaeinae
Schilling, 1829
12
29
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyOrsillinae
Stål, 1872
3
3
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