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Checklist for Family Lygaeidae Schilling, 1829 (Chinch bugs)
and region Namibia (Southern Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
434
4745
11084
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
432
4730
11041
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
411
4621
10826
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Paraneoptera
Martynov, 1923
89
480
779
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hemiptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Aphids, Bugs, Cicadas, Hemipterans, Hoppers, True bugs
78
446
734
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Heteroptera
Latreille, 1810
Bugs, Gerrids, Heteropterans, True bugs
42
246
427
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Pentatomomorpha
Leston & al., 1954
24
149
189
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Lygaeoidea
Schilling, 1829
11
48
80
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyLygaeidae
Schilling, 1829
Chinch bugs, Ground bugs, Groundbugs, Milkweed Bug
19
29
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Namibia
19 Genera with 29 Species
Allocentrum Bergroth, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Apterola Mulsant & Rey, 19641SpeciesTaxom
Aspilocoryphus Stål, 18581SpeciesTaxom
Blissiella Slater, 19641SpeciesTaxom
Camptocoris Puton, 19181SpeciesTaxom
Capodemus Slater & Sweet, 19721SpeciesTaxom
Caprhiobia Scudder, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Dinomachellus Scudder, 19571SpeciesTaxom
Graphoraglius Wagner, 18921SpeciesTaxom
Graptostethus Stål, 17874SpeciesTaxom
Haemobaphus Stål, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Horvathiolus Josifov, 19732SpeciesTaxom
Hyalonysius Slater, 19621SpeciesTaxom
Masoas Distant, 19061SpeciesTaxom
Melanotelus Reuter, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Nysius Dallas, 1891False Chinch Bug4SpeciesTaxom
Opistholeptis1SpeciesTaxom
Psammium1SpeciesTaxom
Spilostethus Stål, 1763Milkweed bugs6SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Namibia
29 Species and 2 Subspecies
Allocentrum crassifemur Stål, 1855
Apterola pallida Slater & J.A., 1964
Aspilocoryphus fasciativentris Stål, 1858
Blissiella castanea Slater & J.A., 1964
Camptocoris typus Distant, 1918
Capodemus wilcoxae Slater, J.A...., 1972
Caprhiobia lineola Dallas, 1852
Dinomachellus maculatus Scudder & G...., 1957
Graphoraglius novitius Distant & W.L., 1892
Graptostethus grandis Distant, 1901
Graptostethus izzardi Slater & J.A., 1964
Graptostethus septus Germar, 1837
Graptostethus servus Fabricius, 1787Lygaeid bug
Haemobaphus concinnus Dallas, 1852
Horvathiolus delicatulus C.Stal, 1855
Horvathiolus longipilosus Slater & Sperry, 1973
Hyalonysius pallidomaculatus Slater, 1962
Masoas transvaaliensis Distant & W.L., 1906
Melanotelus villosula C.Stal, 1855
Nysius (Nysius) ericae Schilling, 1829False chinch bug
Nysius (Tropinysius) senecionis Schilling, 1829
Nysius senecionis binotatus Germar, 1837
Nysius vinitor Bergroth, 1891Australian fly bug
Opistholeptis pallidus
Psammium mica Breddin, 1913
Spilostethus furcula Herrich-Scha..., 1850
Spilostethus furculus Herrich-Scha..., 1850
Spilostethus macilentus Stål, 1874
Spilostethus pandurus Scopoli, 1763
Spilostethus pandurus elegans Wolff, 1802
Spilostethus saxatilis Scopoli, 1763Cretan soldier

Subnodes of Lygaeidae with occurrences in Namibia
SubfamilyIschnorrhynchinae
Stål, 1872
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLygaeinae
Schilling, 1829
6
14
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyOrsillinae
Stål, 1872
2
4
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