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Checklist for Family Lygaeidae Schilling, 1829 (Chinch bugs)
and region Gambia (West Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
290
2438
4344
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
289
2437
4343
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
278
2394
4248
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Paraneoptera
Martynov, 1923
59
270
333
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hemiptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Aphids, Bugs, Cicadas, Hemipterans, Hoppers, True bugs
57
267
330
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Heteroptera
Latreille, 1810
Bugs, Gerrids, Heteropterans, True bugs
38
171
213
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Pentatomomorpha
Leston & al., 1954
22
124
159
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Lygaeoidea
Schilling, 1829
10
56
80
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyLygaeidae
Schilling, 1829
Chinch bugs, Ground bugs, Groundbugs, Milkweed Bug
19
26
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Gambia
19 Genera with 26 Species
Anepsiodes Reuter, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Aspilocoryphus Stål, 17752SpeciesTaxom
Camptocoris Puton, 19181SpeciesTaxom
Dinomachellus Scudder, 1957
0SpeciesTaxom
Distadieuches Scudder, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Eranchiellus Scudder, 19571SpeciesTaxom
Graphoraglius Wagner, 18921SpeciesTaxom
Graptostethus Stål, 17875SpeciesTaxom
Lampropunctus Scudder, 19711SpeciesTaxom
Nysius Dallas, 1829False Chinch Bug2SpeciesTaxom
Parastilbocoris Carayon, 19711SpeciesTaxom
Ptilocamptocera Wagner, 19611SpeciesTaxom
Pylorgus Stål, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Salaciola Bergroth, 19891SpeciesTaxom
Sinierus Distant, 1901
0SpeciesTaxom
Spilostethus Stål, 1763Milkweed bugs5SpeciesTaxom
Stalaria Harrington, 19851SpeciesTaxom
Stenaptula Seidenstücker, 19391SpeciesTaxom
Stilbocoris Bergroth, 19181SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Gambia
26 Species and 1 Subspecies
Anepsiodes nitidus Reuter, 1882
Aspilocoryphus fasciativentris Stål, 1858
Aspilocoryphus mendicus Fabricius & ..., 1775
Camptocoris typus Distant, 1918
Distadieuches crudelis Haglund, 1895
Eranchiellus signandus Scudder & G...., 1957
Graphoraglius novitius Distant & W.L., 1892
Graptostethus apicalis Dallas & W.S., 1852
Graptostethus rufifemoratus Dallas, 1852
Graptostethus septus Germar, 1837
Graptostethus servus Fabricius, 1787Lygaeid bug
Graptostethus servus servus Fabricius, 1787
Lampropunctus hirsutus Scudder & G...., 1971
Nysius (Macroparius) graminicola Kolenati, 1846
Nysius (Nysius) ericae Schilling, 1829False chinch bug
Parastilbocoris robustus Scudder, 1971
Ptilocamptocera major E.WAGNER, 1961
Pylorgus maculatus Reuter, 1882
Salaciola stigmatocrois Slater & J.A., 1989
Spilostethus amaenus Bolivar, 1879
Spilostethus crudelis Fabricius, 1781
Spilostethus furcula Herrich-Scha..., 1850
Spilostethus furculus Herrich-Scha..., 1850
Spilostethus pandurus Scopoli, 1763
Stalaria lestoni Slater & Zheng, 1985
Stenaptula angusticollis H.Lindberg, 1939
Stilbocoris natalensis Distant & W.L., 1918

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

Taxom

SubfamilyLygaeinae
Schilling, 1829
4
12
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyOrsillinae
Stål, 1872
2
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