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Checklist for Family Lygaeidae Schilling, 1829 (Chinch bugs)
and region Fennoscandia (North Europe)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
532
7530
35199
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
530
7524
35189
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
507
7448
35013
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Paraneoptera
Martynov, 1923
110
929
2922
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hemiptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Aphids, Bugs, Cicadas, Hemipterans, Hoppers, True bugs
76
745
2362
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Heteroptera
Latreille, 1810
Bugs, Gerrids, Heteropterans, True bugs
43
288
755
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Pentatomomorpha
Leston & al., 1954
22
116
232
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Lygaeoidea
Schilling, 1829
10
47
102
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyLygaeidae
Schilling, 1829
Chinch bugs, Ground bugs, Groundbugs, Milkweed Bug
6
11
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Fennoscandia
6 Genera with 11 Species
Kleidocerys Stephens, 17972SpeciesTaxom
Lygaeus Fabricius, 17582SpeciesTaxom
Nithecus Horváth, 18291SpeciesTaxom
Nysius Dallas, 1838False Chinch Bug10SpeciesTaxom
Orsillus Dallas, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Ortholomus Stal, 18381SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Fennoscandia
11 Species and 6 Subspecies
Kleidocerys resedae Panzer, 1797Birch Catkin Bug
Kleidocerys resedae resedae Panzer, 1797
Lygaeus equestris L., 1758Black-and-Red-bug
Lygaeus equestris equestris Linnaeus, 1758
Nithecus jacobaeae Schilling, 1829
Nysius (Macroparius) cymoides Spinola, 1837
Nysius (Macroparius) graminicola Kolenati, 1846
Nysius (Macroparius) helveticus Herrich-Scha..., 1850
Nysius helveticus helveticus
Nysius (Nysius) ericae Schilling, 1829False chinch bug
Nysius ericae ericae Schilling, 1829
Nysius ericae groenlandicus Zetterstedt, 1838
Nysius (Nysius) thymi Wolff, 1804Lygaeid bug
Nysius thymi thymi Wolff, 1804
Nysius groenlandicus Zetterstedt, 1838
Orsillus depressus Dallas, 1852
Ortholomus punctipennis Herrich-Scha..., 1838

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

Taxom

SubfamilyLygaeinae
Schilling, 1829
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyOrsillinae
Stål, 1872
4
9
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