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Checklist for Family Lygaeidae Schilling, 1829 (Chinch bugs)
and region Nigeria (West Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
388
4495
12408
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
385
4491
12404
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
368
4385
12052
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Paraneoptera
Martynov, 1923
89
591
1160
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hemiptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Aphids, Bugs, Cicadas, Hemipterans, Hoppers, True bugs
67
526
1071
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Heteroptera
Latreille, 1810
Bugs, Gerrids, Heteropterans, True bugs
27
191
360
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Pentatomomorpha
Leston & al., 1954
17
60
86
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Lygaeoidea
Schilling, 1829
10
34
51
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyLygaeidae
Schilling, 1829
Chinch bugs, Ground bugs, Groundbugs, Milkweed Bug
11
17
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Nigeria
11 Genera with 17 Species
Aspilocoryphus Stål, 18581SpeciesTaxom
Bexiocoris Scudder, 19691SpeciesTaxom
Distadieuches Scudder, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Graptostethus Stål, 17872SpeciesTaxom
Ibexocoris Scudder, 19631SpeciesTaxom
Lygaeus Fabricius, 19181SpeciesTaxom
Oncopeltus Stål, 18922SpeciesTaxom
Parastilbocoris Carayon, 19571SpeciesTaxom
Salaciola Bergroth, 19781SpeciesTaxom
Spilostethus Stål, 0Milkweed bugs5SpeciesTaxom
Tropidothorax Bergroth, 18522SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Nigeria
17 Species and 5 Subspecies
Aspilocoryphus fasciativentris Stål, 1858
Bexiocoris linnavuorii Scudder, 1969
Distadieuches crudelis Haglund, 1895
Graptostethus rufus Distant, 1918
Graptostethus servus servus Fabricius, 1787
Ibexocoris convexus Scudder, 1963
Lygaeus lagosensis Distant, 1918
Oncopeltus famelicus famelicus
Oncopeltus bueanus Karsch, 1892
Parastilbocoris pilosus H.Schouteden, 1957
Salaciola alomaensis R.Linnavuori, 1978
Spilostethus consanguineus Montandon, 1893
Spilostethus furcula Herrich-Scha..., 1850
Spilostethus longulus Dallas, 1852
Spilostethus pandurus pandurus
Spilostethus rivularis rivularis
Tropidothorax sternalis Dallas, 1852
Tropidothorax sternalis sternalis Dallas, 1852

Subnodes of Lygaeidae with occurrences in Nigeria
SubfamilyLygaeinae
Schilling, 1829
6
12
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