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Checklist for Family Lygaeidae Schilling, 1829 (Chinch bugs)
and region Polynesia (Oceania)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
635
8967
31661
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
631
8956
31644
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
600
8844
31420
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Paraneoptera
Martynov, 1923
134
1455
4412
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hemiptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Aphids, Bugs, Cicadas, Hemipterans, Hoppers, True bugs
100
1142
3370
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Heteroptera
Latreille, 1810
Bugs, Gerrids, Heteropterans, True bugs
43
406
1160
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Pentatomomorpha
Leston & al., 1954
21
199
484
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Lygaeoidea
Schilling, 1829
10
92
332
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyLygaeidae
Schilling, 1829
Chinch bugs, Ground bugs, Groundbugs, Milkweed Bug
25
215
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Polynesia
25 Genera with 215 Species
#ABGLMNOPRSTX
Arocatus Spinola, 18671SpeciesTaxom
Brachynysius Usinger, 19421SpeciesTaxom
Glyptonysius Usinger, 19423SpeciesTaxom
Graptostethus Stål, 19584SpeciesTaxom
Lepiorsillus Malipatil, 19791SpeciesTaxom
Lygaeus Fabricius, 18383SpeciesTaxom
Metrarga White, 19595SpeciesTaxom
Microcaenocoris Breddin, 18671SpeciesTaxom
Myersia Evans, 199028SpeciesTaxom
Neacoryphus Scudder, 18251SpeciesTaxom
Neocrompus China, 19663SpeciesTaxom
Neortholomus Hamilton, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Neseis Kirkaldy, 191050SpeciesTaxom
Nesoclimacias Kirkaldy, 19082SpeciesTaxom
Nesocryptias Kirkaldy, 19595SpeciesTaxom
Nesomartis Kirkaldy, 19071SpeciesTaxom
Nesostethus Kirkaldy, 19301SpeciesTaxom
Nysius Dallas, 1852False Chinch Bug58SpeciesTaxom
Oceanides Kirkaldy, 196632SpeciesTaxom
Oncopeltus Stål, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Pyrrhobaphus Stål, 01SpeciesTaxom
Rhypodes Stål, 199030SpeciesTaxom
Spilostethus Stål, 1794Milkweed bugs1SpeciesTaxom
Tropinysius Wagner, 19693SpeciesTaxom
Xyonysius Ashlock and ..., 18592SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Polynesia
215 Species and 30 Subspecies
Arocatus rusticus Stål, 1867
Brachynysius convexus Usinger, 1942
Glyptonysius amicola Ashlock, 1966
Glyptonysius hylaeus Kirkaldy, 1910
Glyptonysius laevigatus Usinger, 1942
Graptostethus manillensis Stål, 1859Lygaeid bug
Graptostethus nigriceps Stål, 1874
Graptostethus servus Fabricius, 1787Lygaeid bug
Graptostethus servus pacificus Stichel, 1958
Lepiorsillus tekapoensis Malipatil, 1979
Lygaeus kalmii Stål, 1874Mahaleb cherry
Lygaeus ruficollis (Walker, 1872)⇒ Microcaenocoris rusticus Stål, 1867
Lygaeus taitensis Guerin, 1838
Metrarga elinguis Ashlock, 1966
Metrarga molokaiensis Usinger & As..., 1959
Metrarga nuda White, 1878
Metrarga obscura Blackburn, 1888
Metrarga swezeyi Usinger & As..., 1959
Microcaenocoris rusticus Stål, 1867
Myersia anceps White, 1878
Myersia argenteus Eyles, 1990
Myersia atricornis Eyles, 1990
Myersia brachypterus Eyles, 1990
Myersia brevifissas Eyles, 1990
Myersia brevipilis Eyles, 1990
Myersia bucculentus Eyles, 1990
Myersia celmisiae Eyles, 1990
Myersia chinai Usinger, 1942
Myersia clavicornis Fabricius, 1794
Myersia cognatus Eyles, 1990
Myersia crinitus Eyles, 1990
Myersia depilis Eyles, 1990
Myersia eminens Eyles, 1990
Myersia gracilis Eyles, 1990
Myersia hirsutus Eyles, 1990
Myersia jugatus Eyles, 1990
Myersia koebelei Eyles, 1990
Myersia longiceps Eyles, 1990
Myersia longirostris Eyles, 1990
Myersia myersi Usinger, 1942
Myersia rupestris Eyles, 1990
Myersia russatus Eyles, 1990
Myersia sericatus Usinger, 1942
Myersia spadix Eyles, 1990
Myersia stewartensis Usinger, 1942
Myersia townsendi Eyles, 1990
Myersia triangulus Eyles, 1990
Neacoryphus bicrucis Say, 1825Lygaeid bug
Neocrompus kellersi China, 1930
Neocrompus pallax Ashlock & Sc..., 1966
Neocrompus zimmermani Ashlock & Sc..., 1966
Neortholomus jamaicensis Dallas, 1852
Neseis (Icteronysius) maculiceps Usinger, 1942
Neseis (Physonysius) ampliatus Usinger, 1942
Neseis (Physonysius) molokaiensis Usinger, 1942
Neseis (Trachynysius) fasciatus Usinger, 1942
Neseis (Trachynysius) fulgidus Usinger, 1942
Neseis hiloensis approximata Usinger, 1942
Neseis hiloensis approximatus Usinger, 1942
Neseis hiloensis hiloensis Perkins, 1912
Neseis hiloensis intermedia Usinger, 1942
Neseis hiloensis intermedius Usinger, 1942
Neseis hiloensis interoculata Usinger, 1942
Neseis hiloensis jugata Usinger, 1942
Neseis hiloensis jugatus Usinger, 1942
Neseis mauiensis mauiensis Blackburn, 1888
Neseis mauiensis pallidipennis Usinger, 1942
Neseis (Trachynysius) nitidus Perkins, 1912
Neseis nitidus impressicollis Usinger, 1942
Neseis nitidus pipturi Usinger, 1942
Neseis (Trachynysius) oahuensis Usinger, 1942
Neseis (Trachynysius) swezeyi Usinger, 1942
Neseis whitei brachyptera Usinger, 1942
Neseis whitei brachypterus Usinger, 1942
Neseis whitei whitei Blackburn, 1888
Neseis alternata Usinger, 1942
Neseis ampliata Usinger, 1942
Neseis chinai Usinger, 1942
Neseis crypta Usinger, 1942
Neseis fasciata convergens Usinger, 1942
Neseis fulgida Usinger, 1942
Neseis haleakalae Perkins, 1912
Neseis kirkaldyi Usinger, 1937
Neseis legonotus Ashlock, 1966
Neseis neochinai Ashlock, 1983
Neseis nitida comitans Perkins, 1912
Neseis nitida consummata Usinger, 1942
Neseis nitida contubernalis Usinger, 1942
Neseis nitida impressicollis Usinger, 1942
Neseis nitida insulicola Kirkaldy, 1910
Neseis nitida nitida White, 1881
Neseis nitida pipturi Usinger, 1942
Neseis ochriasis Kirkaldy, 1902
Neseis ochriasis baldwini Usinger, 1945
Neseis ochriasis maculiceps Usinger, 1942
Neseis ochriasis ochriasis Kirkaldy, 1902
Neseis pallassatus Ashlock, 1966
Neseis pallida Usinger, 1942
Neseis poepoe Polhemus, 2002
Neseis saundersiana Kirkaldy, 1902
Neseis saundersianus Kirkaldy, 1902
Neseis silvestris Kirkaldy, 1910
Nesoclimacias contracta Blackburn, 1888
Nesoclimacias lanaiensis Kirkaldy, 1908
Nesocryptias adamsoni Usinger & As..., 1959
Nesocryptias comis Ashlock, 1966
Nesocryptias oahuensis Usinger & As..., 1959
Nesocryptias villosa White, 1878
Nesocryptias xiopsis Usinger & As..., 1959
Nesomartis psammophila Kirkaldy, 1907Davidson's saltbush
Nesostethus niger China, 1930
Nysius (Neseis) monticola Distant, 1893
Nysius (Nysius) caledoniae Distant, 1920Caledonia seed bug
Nysius (Tropinysius) senecionis Schilling, 1829
Nysius aa Polhemus, 1998
Nysius abnormis Usinger, 1942
Nysius anceps Buchanan White, 1878
Nysius beardsleyi Ashlock, 1966
Nysius blackburni White, 1881
Nysius chenopodii Usinger, 1942
Nysius coenosulus Stal, 1859
Nysius communis Usinger, 1942
Nysius convexus Usinger, 1942
Nysius dallasi White, 1878
Nysius delectulus Perkins, 1912
Nysius delectus White, 1878
Nysius frigatensis Usinger, 1942
Nysius fucatus Usinger, 1942
Nysius fullawayi Usinger, 1942
Nysius fullawayi flavus Usinger, 1942
Nysius fullawayi fullawayi Usinger, 1942
Nysius hardyi Ashlock, 1966
Nysius huttoni White, 1878Wheat bug
Nysius hylaeus Kirkaldy, 1910
Nysius insulicola Kirkaldy, 1910
Nysius insulivagus Kirkaldy, 1910
Nysius kamehameha Kirkaldy, 1902
Nysius kinbergi Usinger, 1959
Nysius lichenicola Kirkaldy, 1910Seashore orach
Nysius lichenicolus Kirkaldy, 1910
Nysius liliputanus Eyles & Ashlock, 1969
Nysius longicollis Blackburn, 1888
Nysius mixtus Usinger, 1942
Nysius montivagus Kirkaldy, 1910
Nysius neckerensis Usinger, 1942
Nysius nemorivagus White, 1881
Nysius niger Baker, 1906Northern false chinch bug
Nysius nigriscutellatus Usinger, 1942
Nysius nihoae Usinger, 1942
Nysius nimbatus Kirkaldy, 1910
Nysius nitidus Buchanan White, 1881
Nysius nubicola Kirkaldy, 1910
Nysius oceanicus Usinger & R.L., 1937
Nysius ochriasis Kirkaldy, 1902
Nysius oresitrophus Kirkaldy, 1910
Nysius oribasus Kirkaldy, 1910
Nysius palor Ashlock, 1963
Nysius picipes Usinger, 1937
Nysius pteridicola Buchanan White, 1881
Nysius rubescens White, 1881
Nysius saundersianus Kirkaldy, 1902
Nysius silvestris Kirkaldy, 1910
Nysius sublittoralis Perkins, 1912
Nysius suffusus Usinger, 1942
Nysius terrestris Usinger, 1942
Nysius vinitor Bergroth, 1891Australian fly bug
Nysius vulcan Buchanan White, 1881
Nysius wekiuicola Ashlock & Gagne, 1983Wēkiu bug
Nysius zealandicus Dallas, 1852
Oceanides arboricola White, 1978
Oceanides arboricolus White, 1878
Oceanides bimaculatus Usinger, 1942
Oceanides bryani Usinger, 1942
Oceanides delicatus Usinger, 1942
Oceanides dilatipennis Usinger, 1942
Oceanides euphorbiae Ashlock, 1966
Oceanides fosbergi Usinger, 1942
Oceanides gressitti Ashlock, 1966
Oceanides gruneri Polhemus, 2002
Oceanides humeralis Ashlock, 1966
Oceanides incognitus Usinger, 1942
Oceanides membranaceus Usinger, 1942
Oceanides montivagus Kirkaldy, 1910
Oceanides myopori Usinger, 1942
Oceanides nimbatus Kirkaldy, 1910
Oceanides nubicola Kirkaldy, 1910
Oceanides nubicolus Kirkaldy, 1910
Oceanides oresitrophus Kirkaldy, 1910
Oceanides oribasus Kirkaldy, 1910Seashore orach
Oceanides parvulus Usinger, 1942
Oceanides perkinsi Usinger, 1942
Oceanides picturatus Usinger, 1942
Oceanides planicollis Usinger, 1942
Oceanides pteridicola White, 1881
Oceanides pteridicolus White, 1881
Oceanides rugosiceps Usinger, 1942
Oceanides sinuatus Usinger, 1942
Oceanides usingeri Zimmerman, 1951
Oceanides ventralis Usinger, 1942
Oceanides vulcan White, 1881
Oceanides yoshimotoi Ashlock, 1966
Oncopeltus (Erythrischius) fasciatus Dallas, 1852Large milkweed bug
Pyrrhobaphus leucurus leucurus
Rhypodes anceps White, 1878Hudson's bug
Rhypodes argenteus Eyles, 1990
Rhypodes atricornis Eyles, 1990
Rhypodes brachypterus Eyles, 1990
Rhypodes brevifissas Eyles, 1990
Rhypodes brevifissus Eyles, 1990
Rhypodes brevipilis Eyles, 1990
Rhypodes brevispilis Eyles, 1990
Rhypodes bucculentus Eyles, 1990
Rhypodes celmisiae Eyles, 1990
Rhypodes chinai Usinger, 1942
Rhypodes clavicornis Fabricius, 1794
Rhypodes cognatus Eyles, 1990
Rhypodes crinitus Eyles, 1990
Rhypodes depilis Eyles, 1990
Rhypodes eminens Eyles, 1990
Rhypodes gracilis Eyles, 1990
Rhypodes hirsutus Eyles, 1990
Rhypodes jugatus Eyles, 1990
Rhypodes koebelei Eyles, 1990
Rhypodes longiceps Eyles, 1990
Rhypodes longirostris Eyles, 1990
Rhypodes myersi Usinger, 1942
Rhypodes rupestris Eyles, 1990
Rhypodes russatus Eyles, 1990
Rhypodes sericatus Usinger, 1942
Rhypodes spadix Eyles, 1990
Rhypodes stewartensis Usinger, 1942
Rhypodes townsendi Eyles, 1990
Rhypodes triangulus Eyles, 1990
Spilostethus hospes Fabricius, 1794
Tropinysius convexus Usinger, 1942
Tropinysius huttoni White, 1878
Tropinysius liliputanus Eyles & Ashlock, 1969
Xyonysius californicus Stål, 1859California False Chinch Bug
Xyonysius sordidus C.Stal, 1859

Subnodes of Lygaeidae with occurrences in Polynesia
SubfamilyIschnorrhynchinae
Stål, 1872
1
3
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLygaeinae
Schilling, 1829
8
12
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyOrsillinae
Stål, 1872
15
199
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