Checklist of Family Lygaeidae Schilling, 1829 (Chinch bugs)
for Mauritius (Indian Ocean islands)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 320
2212
3737 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 318
2210
3735 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 306
2162
3656 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Paraneoptera
Martynov, 1923
| 65
309
462 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Hemiptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Aphids, Bugs, Cicadas, Hemipterans, Hoppers, True bugs | 56
286
439 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Heteroptera
Latreille, 1810
Bugs, Gerrids, Heteropterans, True bugs | 23
92
106 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Pentatomomorpha
Leston & al., 1954
| 14
60
70 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Lygaeoidea
Schilling, 1829
| 6
23
25 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Lygaeidae
Schilling, 1829
Chinch bugs, Ground bugs, Groundbugs, Milkweed Bug | 10
10 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Mauritius
10 Genera with 10 Species | Aulacopeltus Stål, 1868 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Belonochilus Uhler, 1832 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Kleidocerys Stephens, 1797 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Melanocoryphus Stål, 1778 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Melanotelus Reuter, 1885 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nysius Dallas, 1910 | False Chinch Bug | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Orsillus Dallas, 1852 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Spilostethus Stål, 1763 | Milkweed bugs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Torvochrimnus Brailovsky, 1838 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tropidothorax Bergroth, 1778 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Mauritius
10 Species | Belonochilus numenius Say, 1832 | Sycamore Seed Bug | | Kleidocerys resedae Panzer, 1797 | Birch Catkin Bug | | Melanocoryphus albomaculatus Goeze, 1778 | | | Melanotelus argillaceus Reuter, 1885 | | | Nysius cargadosensis Distant, 1909 | | | Nysius euphorbiae G.Horvath, 1910 | | | Orsillus depressus Dallas, 1852 | | | Spilostethus pandurus Scopoli, 1763 | | | Torvochrimnus poeyi Guérin, 1838 | | | Tropidothorax leucopterus Goeze, 1778 | |
Subnodes of Lygaeidae with occurrences in Mauritius
 | | Lygaeidae (Schilling 1829) |
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