Checklist of Family Lygaeidae Schilling, 1829 (Chinch bugs)
for Northern Territory (Australia)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 415
4034
8898 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 413
4027
8894 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 399
3958
8764 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Paraneoptera
Martynov, 1923
| 82
596
986 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Hemiptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Aphids, Bugs, Cicadas, Hemipterans, Hoppers, True bugs | 72
529
867 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Heteroptera
Latreille, 1810
Bugs, Gerrids, Heteropterans, True bugs | 36
221
370 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Pentatomomorpha
Leston & al., 1954
| 19
145
239 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Lygaeoidea
Schilling, 1829
| 8
45
70 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Lygaeidae
Schilling, 1829
Chinch bugs, Ground bugs, Groundbugs, Milkweed Bug | 12
20 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Northern Territory
12 Genera with 20 Species | Arocatus Spinola, 1906 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Aspilocoryphus Stål, 1874 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Crompus Stål, 1958 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Graptostethus Stål, 1985 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Melanerythrus Stål, 1866 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Melanotelus Reuter, 1985 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nysius Dallas, 1891 | False Chinch Bug | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Oncopeltus Stål, 1775 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Scopiastella Slater, 1963 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Scopiastes Stål, 1963 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Spilostethus Stål, 1794 | Milkweed bugs | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Thunbergia Horváth, 1865 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Northern Territory
20 Species | Arocatus chiasmus Slater, 1985 | | | Arocatus continctus Distant, 1906 | | | Aspilocoryphus australicus Stål, 1874 | | | Crompus opacus Scudder, 1958 | | | Graptostethus pubescens Slater, 1985 | | | Graptostethus servus Fabricius, 1787 | Lygaeid bug | | Graptostethus varipictus Slater, 1985 | Large Milkweed Bug | | Melanerythrus biguttatus Fabricius, 1775 | | | Melanerythrus mactans Stål, 1866 | | | Melanotelus geriae Slater, 1985 | | | Nysius (Nysius) caledoniae Distant, 1920 | Caledonia seed bug | | Nysius vinitor Bergroth, 1891 | Australian fly bug | | Oncopeltus (Oncopeltus) nigroflavatus Distant, 1918 | | | Oncopeltus (Oncopeltus) quadriguttatus Fabricius, 1775 | Cotton bug | | Scopiastella melvillensis Scudder, 1963 | | | Scopiastes affinis Distant, 1901 | | | Scopiastes eylandtensis Scudder, 1963 | | | Spilostethus decoratus Stål, 1866 | | | Spilostethus hospes Fabricius, 1794 | | | Thunbergia augur Stål, 1865 | |
Subnodes of Lygaeidae with occurrences in Northern Territory
 | | Lygaeidae (Schilling 1829) |
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