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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
876
10995
42130
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
871
10984
42109
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
774
10682
41391
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Paraneoptera
Martynov, 1923
177
1487
4213
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hemiptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Aphids, Bugs, Cicadas, Hemipterans, Hoppers, True bugs
136
1297
3747
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Heteroptera
Latreille, 1810
Bugs, Gerrids, Heteropterans, True bugs
53
522
1535
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Pentatomomorpha
Leston & al., 1954
25
231
604
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Lygaeoidea
Schilling, 1829
11
86
271
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyLygaeidae
Schilling, 1829
Chinch bugs, Ground bugs, Groundbugs, Milkweed Bug
19
49
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Germany
19 Genera with 49 Species
Arocatus Spinola, 18293SpeciesTaxom
Belonochilus Uhler, 18321SpeciesTaxom
Calyptonotus Douglas & Scott, 18351SpeciesTaxom
Cephalocoris Heer, 18531SpeciesTaxom
Horvathiolus Josifov, 17791SpeciesTaxom
Ischnorhynchus Fieber, 17931SpeciesTaxom
Kleidocerys Stephens, 17975SpeciesTaxom
Lygaeites Heer, 18534SpeciesTaxom
Lygaeosoma Spinola, 19502SpeciesTaxom
Lygaeus Fabricius, 180714SpeciesTaxom
Macrocranum Jordan, 19672SpeciesTaxom
Melanocoryphus Stål, 19162SpeciesTaxom
Microtoma Laporte, 1832
0SpeciesTaxom
Nithecus Horváth, 18291SpeciesTaxom
Nysius Dallas, 1856False Chinch Bug12SpeciesTaxom
Orsillus Dallas, 18713SpeciesTaxom
Ortholomus Stal, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Spilostethus Stål, 0Milkweed bugs5SpeciesTaxom
Tropidothorax Bergroth, 02SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Germany
49 Species and 13 Subspecies
Arocatus longiceps Stål, 1872Plane Tree Bug
Arocatus melanocephalus Fabricius, 1798Elm Seed Bug
Arocatus roeselii Schilling, 1829
Belonochilus numenius Say, 1832Sycamore Seed Bug
Calyptonotus pineti Herrich-Scha..., 1835
Cephalocoris pilosus O. Heer, 1853
Horvathiolus superbus Pollich, 1779
Ischnorhynchus resedae Panzer, 1793
Kleidocerys ericae Horváth, 1908
Kleidocerys privignus Horváth, 1894
Kleidocerys resedae Panzer, 1797Birch Catkin Bug
Kleidocerys resedae flavicornis Duda, 1885
Kleidocerys resedae resedae Panzer, 1797
Lygaeites acutus O. Heer, 1853
Lygaeites mysteriosus Meunier, 1919
Lygaeites obsoletus Heer, 1853
Lygaeites ovalis O. Heer, 1853
Lygaeosoma sardeum sardeum Spinola, 1837
Lygaeosoma wagneri G. Statz, 1950
Lygaeus contaminatus (Fallen, 1807)⇒ Neolygus contaminatus Fallén, 1807
Lygaeus creticus Lucas, 1854
Lygaeus dasypus O. Heer, 1853
Lygaeus deprehensus von Heyden, 1859
Lygaeus equestris L., 1758Black-and-Red-bug
Lygaeus equestris equestris Linnaeus, 1758
Lygaeus fossitius von Heyden, 1858
Lygaeus limbatus Fallen, 1807
Lygaeus pastinacae Fallen, 1807
Lygaeus rubricatus Fallen, 1807
Lygaeus saxatilis (Scopoli, 1763)⇒ Spilostethus saxatilis Scopoli, 1763
Lygaeus simulans Deckert, 1985
Lygaeus tinctus O. Heer, 1853
Lygaeus viridis Fallen, 1807
Macrocranum pliozaeni K. H. C. Jordan, 1967
Macrocranum pliozani Jordan, 1967
Melanocoryphus albomaculatus Goeze, 1778
Melanocoryphus superbus (Horváth, 1916)⇒ Horvathiolus superbus Pollich, 1779
Nithecus jacobaeae Schilling, 1829
Nysius (Macroparius) cymoides Spinola, 1837
Nysius (Macroparius) graminicola Kolenati, 1846
Nysius graminicola graminicola Kolenati, 1845
Nysius (Macroparius) helveticus Herrich-Scha..., 1850
Nysius helveticus helveticus
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 senecionis senecionis Schilling, 1829
Nysius punctipes Stål, 1856
Orsillus depressus Dallas, 1852
Orsillus maculatus Fieber, 1861
Orsillus reyi Puton, 1871
Ortholomus punctipennis Herrich-Scha..., 1838
Spilostethus pandurus Scopoli, 1763
Spilostethus pandurus militaris Fabricius, 1775
Spilostethus pandurus pandurus
Spilostethus saxatilis Scopoli, 1763Cretan soldier
Spilostethus saxatilis saxatilis
Tropidothorax leucopterus Goeze, 1778
Tropidothorax leucopterus leucopterus

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

Taxom

SubfamilyLygaeinae
Schilling, 1829
7
24
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyOrsillinae
Stål, 1872
5
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