Checklist of Family Lygaeidae Schilling, 1829 (Chinch bugs)
for Namibia (Southern Africa)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 434
4744
11078 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 432
4729
11035 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 411
4620
10820 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Paraneoptera
Martynov, 1923
| 89
480
778 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Hemiptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Aphids, Bugs, Cicadas, Hemipterans, Hoppers, True bugs | 78
446
733 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Heteroptera
Latreille, 1810
Bugs, Gerrids, Heteropterans, True bugs | 42
246
426 | 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
| | Family | Lygaeidae
Schilling, 1829
Chinch bugs, Ground bugs, Groundbugs, Milkweed Bug | 19
29 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Namibia
19 Genera with 29 Species | Allocentrum Bergroth, 1855 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Apterola Mulsant & Rey, 1964 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Aspilocoryphus Stål, 1858 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Blissiella Slater, 1964 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Camptocoris Puton, 1918 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Capodemus Slater & Sweet, 1972 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Caprhiobia Scudder, 1852 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dinomachellus Scudder, 1957 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Graphoraglius Wagner, 1892 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Graptostethus Stål, 1787 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Haemobaphus Stål, 1852 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Horvathiolus Josifov, 1973 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Hyalonysius Slater, 1962 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Masoas Distant, 1906 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Melanotelus Reuter, 1855 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nysius Dallas, 1891 | False Chinch Bug | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Opistholeptis | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Psammium | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Spilostethus Stål, 1763 | Milkweed bugs | 6 | Species | Taxom |
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, 1787 | Lygaeid 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, 1829 | False chinch bug | | Nysius (Tropinysius) senecionis Schilling, 1829 | | | Nysius senecionis binotatus Germar, 1837 | | | Nysius vinitor Bergroth, 1891 | Australian 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, 1763 | Cretan soldier |
Subnodes of Lygaeidae with occurrences in Namibia
 | | Lygaeidae (Schilling 1829) |
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