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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
219
1410
2522
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
217
1408
2520
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
214
1399
2507
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Paraneoptera
Martynov, 1923
44
182
347
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hemiptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Aphids, Bugs, Cicadas, Hemipterans, Hoppers, True bugs
37
174
333
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Heteroptera
Latreille, 1810
Bugs, Gerrids, Heteropterans, True bugs
16
57
134
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Pentatomomorpha
Leston & al., 1954
10
23
25
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Lygaeoidea
Schilling, 1829
6
17
20
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyLygaeidae
Schilling, 1829
Chinch bugs, Ground bugs, Groundbugs, Milkweed Bug
7
9
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Malta
7 Genera with 9 Species
Apterola Mulsant & Rey, 03SpeciesTaxom
Arocatus Spinola, 18721SpeciesTaxom
Caenocoris Fieber, 18471SpeciesTaxom
Cosmopleurus Stål, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Horvathiolus Josifov, 17792SpeciesTaxom
Orsillus Dallas, 18711SpeciesTaxom
Spilostethus Stål, 1775Milkweed bugs2SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Malta
9 Species and 2 Subspecies
Apterola (Apterola) kuenckeli Mulsant & Rey, 1866
Apterola (Apterola) kunckeli Mulsant & Rey, 1866
Apterola kunckeli kunckeli
Arocatus longiceps Stål, 1872Plane Tree Bug
Caenocoris (Caenocoris) nerii Germar, 1847
Cosmopleurus fulvipes Dallas, 1852
Horvathiolus amoenulus Gerstaecker, 1873
Horvathiolus superbus Pollich, 1779
Orsillus reyi Puton, 1871
Spilostethus pandurus Scopoli, 1763
Spilostethus pandurus militaris Fabricius, 1775

Subnodes of Lygaeidae with occurrences in Malta
SubfamilyLygaeinae
Schilling, 1829
6
8
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyOrsillinae
Stål, 1872
1
1
Genus
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