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Checklist for Family Lygaeidae Schilling, 1829 (Chinch bugs)
and region Indo-Australian region (Ecozones)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
277
3466
36643
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
277
3466
36643
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
259
3352
36050
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Paraneoptera
Martynov, 1923
43
352
766
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hemiptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Aphids, Bugs, Cicadas, Hemipterans, Hoppers, True bugs
41
350
764
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Heteroptera
Latreille, 1810
Bugs, Gerrids, Heteropterans, True bugs
25
248
595
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Pentatomomorpha
Leston & al., 1954
17
127
339
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Lygaeoidea
Schilling, 1829
9
52
99
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyLygaeidae
Schilling, 1829
Chinch bugs, Ground bugs, Groundbugs, Milkweed Bug
23
40
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Indo-Australian region
23 Genera with 40 Species
#ACGLMNOPST
Acrobrachys Horváth, 18701SpeciesTaxom
Aethalotus Stål, 19143SpeciesTaxom
Arocatus Spinola, 18591SpeciesTaxom
Aspilocoryphus Stål, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Caenocoris Fieber, 19071SpeciesTaxom
Camptocoris Puton, 19181SpeciesTaxom
Capodemus Slater & Sweet, 19694SpeciesTaxom
Graptostethus Stål, 19186SpeciesTaxom
Lygaesoma2SpeciesTaxom
Melanotelus Reuter, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Nysius Dallas, 1863False Chinch Bug2SpeciesTaxom
Oncopeltus Stål, 19641SpeciesTaxom
Pirkimerus Distant, 19183SpeciesTaxom
Pylorgus Stål, 19182SpeciesTaxom
Pyrrhobaphus Stål, 17871SpeciesTaxom
Scopiastella Slater, 18651SpeciesTaxom
Scopiastes Stål, 19012SpeciesTaxom
Sinorsillus Usinger, 19381SpeciesTaxom
Spilostethus Stål, 1775Milkweed bugs4SpeciesTaxom
Stenaptula Seidenstücker, 19181SpeciesTaxom
Talpoblissus Slater & Wilcox, 19181SpeciesTaxom
Thunbergia Horváth, 18221SpeciesTaxom
Tropidothorax Bergroth, 18522SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Indo-Australian region
40 Species and 5 Subspecies
Acrobrachys inermipes C.Stal, 1870
Aethalotus fulviventris E.Bergroth, 1918
Aethalotus lividiventris E.Bergroth, 1918
Aethalotus nigriventris Horváth, 1914
Arocatus sericans Stål, 1859
Aspilocoryphus mendicus Fabricius & ..., 1775
Caenocoris dimidiatus Breddin, 1907
Camptocoris typus Distant, 1918
Capodemus ambiguus Slater, Ashl..., 1969
Capodemus fumidus Slater, Ashl..., 1969
Capodemus nepalensis Slater & J.A., 2002
Capodemus sinuatus Slater, Ashl..., 1969
Graptostethus argentatus Fabricius, 1803
Graptostethus maculatus Dallas, 1852
Graptostethus maculatus sinhalanus Kirkaldy, 1908
Graptostethus servus maculicollis Germar, 1847
Graptostethus servus servus Fabricius, 1787
Graptostethus sternalis Distant, 1918
Lygaesoma contaminata
Lygaesoma pusa
Melanotelus bipunctata Dallas & W.S., 1852
Nysius (Macroparius) graminicola Kolenati, 1846
Nysius ceylanicus V.Motschulsky, 1863
Oncopeltus nigriceps pseudorubricatus Slater, 1964
Pirkimerus japonicus T.Hidaka, 1961Japanese bamboo lygaeid bug
Pirkimerus nicobarensis Distant & W.L., 1909
Pirkimerus parviceps E.Bergroth, 1918
Pylorgus obscurus Scudder, 1962
Pylorgus praeceps E.Bergroth, 1918
Pyrrhobaphus leucurus Fabricius, 1787
Scopiastella plagiatus Stål, 1865
Scopiastes caviceps E.Bergroth, 1918
Scopiastes rufipes G.Breddin, 1901
Sinorsillus piliferus Usinger & R.L., 1938
Spilostethus hospes Fabricius, 1794
Spilostethus longulus Dallas, 1852
Spilostethus pandurus Scopoli, 1763
Spilostethus pandurus militaris Fabricius, 1775
Stenaptula signatus Distant & W.L., 1918
Talpoblissus latus Distant, 1918
Thunbergia marginatus Thunberg, 1822
Tropidothorax belogowoli
Tropidothorax fimbriatus Dallas, 1852

Subnodes of Lygaeidae with occurrences in Indo-Australian region
SubfamilyIschnorrhynchinae
Stål, 1872
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLygaeinae
Schilling, 1829
15
24
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