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Checklist for Family Lygaeidae Schilling, 1829 (Chinch bugs)
and region Portugal (Iberian Peninsula)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
546
5554
13778
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
542
5540
13730
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
512
5443
13568
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Paraneoptera
Martynov, 1923
112
896
1831
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hemiptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Aphids, Bugs, Cicadas, Hemipterans, Hoppers, True bugs
81
778
1578
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Heteroptera
Latreille, 1810
Bugs, Gerrids, Heteropterans, True bugs
37
327
633
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Pentatomomorpha
Leston & al., 1954
20
179
309
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Lygaeoidea
Schilling, 1829
10
81
166
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyLygaeidae
Schilling, 1829
Chinch bugs, Ground bugs, Groundbugs, Milkweed Bug
14
33
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Portugal
14 Genera with 33 Species
Arocatus Spinola, 18292SpeciesTaxom
Belonochilus Uhler, 18321SpeciesTaxom
Caenocoris Fieber, 18471SpeciesTaxom
Graptostethus Stål, 17873SpeciesTaxom
Horvathiolus Josifov, 18854SpeciesTaxom
Kleidocerys Stephens, 18724SpeciesTaxom
Lygaeosoma Spinola, 18371SpeciesTaxom
Lygaeus Fabricius, 17582SpeciesTaxom
Melanocoryphus Stål, 17781SpeciesTaxom
Nysius Dallas, 1872False Chinch Bug11SpeciesTaxom
Orsillus Dallas, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Ortholomus Stal, 18382SpeciesTaxom
Spilostethus Stål, 0Milkweed bugs8SpeciesTaxom
Tropidothorax Bergroth, 19242SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Portugal
33 Species and 15 Subspecies
Arocatus melanocephalus Fabricius, 1798Elm Seed Bug
Arocatus roeselii Schilling, 1829
Belonochilus numenius Say, 1832Sycamore Seed Bug
Caenocoris (Caenocoris) nerii Germar, 1847
Graptostethus servus Fabricius, 1787Lygaeid bug
Graptostethus servus maculicollis Germar, 1847
Graptostethus servus servus Fabricius, 1787
Horvathiolus canariensis Wagner, 1954
Horvathiolus guttatus Rambur, 1839
Horvathiolus superbus Pollich, 1779
Horvathiolus syriacus Reuter, 1885
Kleidocerys discolor
Kleidocerys ericae Horváth, 1908
Kleidocerys resedae resedae Panzer, 1797
Kleidocerys truncatulus (Walker, 1872)⇒ Kleidocerys ericae Horváth, 1908
Lygaeosoma sardeum sardeum Spinola, 1837
Lygaeus equestris L., 1758Black-and-Red-bug
Lygaeus equestris equestris Linnaeus, 1758
Melanocoryphus albomaculatus Goeze, 1778
Nysius (Macroparius) cymoides Spinola, 1837
Nysius graminicola graminicola Kolenati, 1845
Nysius (Macroparius) helveticus Herrich-Scha..., 1850
Nysius helveticus helveticus
Nysius (Nysius) ericae Schilling, 1829False chinch bug
Nysius ericae ericae Schilling, 1829
Nysius thymi thymi Wolff, 1804
Nysius senecionis senecionis Schilling, 1829
Nysius atlantidum G.Horvath, 1890Ground bug
Nysius contiguus Walker, 1872
Nysius immunis Walker, 1872
Orsillus depressus Dallas, 1852
Ortholomus carinatus Lindberg, 1932
Ortholomus punctipennis Herrich-Scha..., 1838
Spilostethus furcula Herrich-Scha..., 1850
Spilostethus furculus Herrich-Scha..., 1850
Spilostethus pandurus Scopoli, 1763
Spilostethus pandurus militaris Fabricius, 1775
Spilostethus pandurus pandurus
Spilostethus saxatilis Scopoli, 1763Cretan soldier
Spilostethus saxatilis lusitanicus Herrich-Scha..., 1850
Spilostethus saxatilis saxatilis
Tropidothorax leucopterus Goeze, 1778
Tropidothorax leucopterus incarnatus Seabra & de, 1924

Subnodes of Lygaeidae with occurrences in Portugal
SubfamilyIschnorhynchinae
Stål, 1872
1
4
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLygaeinae
Schilling, 1829
9
16
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyOrsillinae
Stål, 1872
4
13
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