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Checklist for Family Lygaeidae Schilling, 1829 (Chinch bugs)
and region Papua New Guinea (Melanesia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
458
5336
18787
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
455
5331
18781
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
433
5239
18576
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Paraneoptera
Martynov, 1923
90
758
1843
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hemiptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Aphids, Bugs, Cicadas, Hemipterans, Hoppers, True bugs
74
704
1747
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Heteroptera
Latreille, 1810
Bugs, Gerrids, Heteropterans, True bugs
31
206
292
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Pentatomomorpha
Leston & al., 1954
17
72
77
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Lygaeoidea
Schilling, 1829
7
24
35
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyLygaeidae
Schilling, 1829
Chinch bugs, Ground bugs, Groundbugs, Milkweed Bug
7
8
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Papua New Guinea
7 Genera with 8 Species
Graptostethus Stål, 19851SpeciesTaxom
Montaltus Distant, 18881SpeciesTaxom
Nysius Dallas, 1920False Chinch Bug1SpeciesTaxom
Oncopeltus Stål, 19121SpeciesTaxom
Scintillademus Slater, 19681SpeciesTaxom
Scopiastella Slater, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Scopiastes Stål, 19632SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Papua New Guinea
8 Species and 3 Subspecies
Graptostethus varipictus Slater, 1985Large Milkweed Bug
Montaltus tricolor Distant & W.L., 1888
Nysius (Nysius) caledoniae Distant, 1920Caledonia seed bug
Oncopeltus atrorufus nesiotes Breddin, 1912
Scintillademus gemmatus Slater & J.A., 1968
Scopiastella walkeri vicinus Horvath, 1914
Scopiastes cheesmanae Scudder, 1963
Scopiastes walkeri papuas Scudder, 1963

Subnodes of Lygaeidae with occurrences in Papua New Guinea
SubfamilyLygaeinae
Schilling, 1829
4
5
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyOrsillinae
Stål, 1872
1
1
Genus
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