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Checklist for Family Lygaeidae Schilling, 1829 (Chinch bugs)
and region Rwanda (East Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
253
2144
4667
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
253
2144
4667
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
244
2114
4616
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Paraneoptera
Martynov, 1923
49
181
229
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hemiptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Aphids, Bugs, Cicadas, Hemipterans, Hoppers, True bugs
43
143
199
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Heteroptera
Latreille, 1810
Bugs, Gerrids, Heteropterans, True bugs
19
70
102
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Pentatomomorpha
Leston & al., 1954
12
47
71
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Lygaeoidea
Schilling, 1829
9
39
63
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyLygaeidae
Schilling, 1829
Chinch bugs, Ground bugs, Groundbugs, Milkweed Bug
13
20
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Rwanda
13 Genera with 20 Species
Aethalotus Stål, 18651SpeciesTaxom
Allocentrum Bergroth, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Aulacopeltus Stål, 17811SpeciesTaxom
Exopamera Distant, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Graptostethus Stål, 19753SpeciesTaxom
Lygaeus Fabricius, 02SpeciesTaxom
Micaredemus Slater, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Microspilus Stål, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Nysius Dallas, 1837False Chinch Bug2SpeciesTaxom
Oncopeltus Stål, 19182SpeciesTaxom
Parastilbocoris Carayon, 19571SpeciesTaxom
Spilostethus Stål, 0Milkweed bugs3SpeciesTaxom
Stilbocoris Bergroth, 19181SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Rwanda
20 Species and 6 Subspecies
Aethalotus afzelii Stål, 1865
Allocentrum crassifemur Stål, 1855
Aulacopeltus excavatus Fabricius, 1781
Exopamera mirabilis Distant & W.L., 1903
Graptostethus grandis Distant, 1901
Graptostethus rufus Distant, 1918
Graptostethus swynnertoni Scudder, 1975
Lygaeus bettoni Distant, 1901
Lygaeus dives dives
Micaredemus pusillus Dallas & W.S., 1852
Microspilus proximus Dallas, 1852
Nysius graminicola stali Evans, 1929
Nysius senecionis binotatus Germar, 1837
Oncopeltus famelicus famelicus
Oncopeltus erebus Distant, 1918
Parastilbocoris pilosus H.Schouteden, 1957
Spilostethus furcula Herrich-Scha..., 1850
Spilostethus pandurus elegans Wolff, 1802
Spilostethus rivularis rivularis
Stilbocoris natalensis Distant & W.L., 1918

Subnodes of Lygaeidae with occurrences in Rwanda
SubfamilyLygaeinae
Schilling, 1829
6
12
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyOrsillinae
Stål, 1872
1
2
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