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Checklist for Family Lygaeidae Schilling, 1829 (Chinch bugs)
and region Greece (Southeast Europe)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
567
7483
24197
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
563
7468
24174
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
536
7367
23955
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Paraneoptera
Martynov, 1923
122
1065
2542
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hemiptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Aphids, Bugs, Cicadas, Hemipterans, Hoppers, True bugs
89
964
2324
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Heteroptera
Latreille, 1810
Bugs, Gerrids, Heteropterans, True bugs
40
379
911
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Pentatomomorpha
Leston & al., 1954
23
209
450
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Lygaeoidea
Schilling, 1829
12
97
220
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyLygaeidae
Schilling, 1829
Chinch bugs, Ground bugs, Groundbugs, Milkweed Bug
20
42
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Greece
20 Genera with 42 Species
Apterola Mulsant & Rey, 18661SpeciesTaxom
Arocatus Spinola, 17982SpeciesTaxom
Belonochilus Uhler, 18321SpeciesTaxom
Caenocoris Fieber, 18471SpeciesTaxom
Camptocoris Puton, 18741SpeciesTaxom
Graptostethus Stål, 17873SpeciesTaxom
Horvathiolus Josifov, 17792SpeciesTaxom
Kleidocerys Stephens, 18723SpeciesTaxom
Lygaeosoma Spinola, 18375SpeciesTaxom
Lygaeus Fabricius, 19855SpeciesTaxom
Melanocoryphus Stål, 18682SpeciesTaxom
Melanotelus Reuter, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Neacoryphus Scudder, 18251SpeciesTaxom
Neortholomus Hamilton, 18321SpeciesTaxom
Nysius Dallas, 1872False Chinch Bug10SpeciesTaxom
Oncopeltus Stål, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Orsillus Dallas, 18713SpeciesTaxom
Ortholomus Stal, 18382SpeciesTaxom
Spilostethus Stål, 0Milkweed bugs7SpeciesTaxom
Tropidothorax Bergroth, 02SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Greece
42 Species and 14 Subspecies
Apterola (Apterola) kuenckeli Mulsant & Rey, 1866
Arocatus longiceps Stål, 1872Plane Tree Bug
Arocatus melanocephalus Fabricius, 1798Elm Seed Bug
Belonochilus numenius Say, 1832Sycamore Seed Bug
Caenocoris (Caenocoris) nerii Germar, 1847
Camptocoris longicornis Puton, 1874
Graptostethus servus Fabricius, 1787Lygaeid bug
Graptostethus servus maculicollis Germar, 1847
Graptostethus servus servus Fabricius, 1787
Horvathiolus mendosus Horváth, 1916
Horvathiolus superbus Pollich, 1779
Kleidocerys ericae Horváth, 1908
Kleidocerys resedae Panzer, 1797Birch Catkin Bug
Kleidocerys truncatulus (Walker, 1872)⇒ Kleidocerys ericae Horváth, 1908
Lygaeosoma anatolicum Seidenstücker, 1960
Lygaeosoma angulare Reuter & O.M., 1885
Lygaeosoma sardeum Spinola, 1837
Lygaeosoma sardeum erythropterum Puton, 1875
Lygaeosoma sardeum sardeum Spinola, 1837
Lygaeus creticus Lucas, 1854
Lygaeus equestris L., 1758Black-and-Red-bug
Lygaeus equestris equestris Linnaeus, 1758
Lygaeus kalmii Stål, 1874Mahaleb cherry
Lygaeus simulans Deckert, 1985
Melanocoryphus albomaculatus Goeze, 1778
Melanocoryphus tristrami Douglas & Scott, 1868
Melanotelus villosulus Stål, 1855
Neacoryphus bicrucis Say, 1825Lygaeid bug
Neortholomus scolopax Say, 1832
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 ericae ericae Schilling, 1829
Nysius thymi thymi Wolff, 1804
Nysius (Tropinysius) senecionis Schilling, 1829
Nysius senecionis senecionis Schilling, 1829
Nysius immunis Walker, 1872
Oncopeltus (Erythrischius) fasciatus Dallas, 1852Large milkweed bug
Orsillus depressus Dallas, 1852
Orsillus maculatus Fieber, 1861
Orsillus reyi Puton, 1871
Ortholomus carinatus Lindberg, 1932
Ortholomus punctipennis Herrich-Scha..., 1838
Spilostethus furcula Herrich-Scha..., 1850
Spilostethus furculus Herrich-Scha..., 1850
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 Greece
SubfamilyIschnorhynchinae
Stål, 1872
1
3
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLygaeinae
Schilling, 1829
13
24
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyOrsillinae
Stål, 1872
6
15
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