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Checklist for Family Lygaeidae Schilling, 1829 (Chinch bugs)
and region Scandinavia (North Europe)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
805
15523
74568
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
800
15509
74545
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
756
15287
74011
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Paraneoptera
Martynov, 1923
166
1783
5728
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hemiptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Aphids, Bugs, Cicadas, Hemipterans, Hoppers, True bugs
124
1442
4122
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Heteroptera
Latreille, 1810
Bugs, Gerrids, Heteropterans, True bugs
56
532
1273
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Pentatomomorpha
Leston & al., 1954
26
253
472
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Lygaeoidea
Schilling, 1829
11
83
185
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyLygaeidae
Schilling, 1829
Chinch bugs, Ground bugs, Groundbugs, Milkweed Bug
14
22
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Scandinavia
14 Genera with 22 Species
Anorthus Horváth, 1890
0SpeciesTaxom
Arocatus Spinola, 18721SpeciesTaxom
Crompus Stål, 19581SpeciesTaxom
Graptostethus Stål, 17871SpeciesTaxom
Kleidocerys Stephens, 17972SpeciesTaxom
Lygaeus Fabricius, 17582SpeciesTaxom
Melanocoryphus Stål, 17781SpeciesTaxom
Nithecus Horváth, 18291SpeciesTaxom
Nysius Dallas, 1891False Chinch Bug14SpeciesTaxom
Orsillus Dallas, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Ortholomus Stal, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Reticulatonysius Malipatil, 20051SpeciesTaxom
Spilostethus Stål, 1763Milkweed bugs2SpeciesTaxom
Tropidothorax Bergroth, 17781SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Scandinavia
22 Species and 7 Subspecies
Arocatus longiceps Stål, 1872Plane Tree Bug
Crompus opacus Scudder, 1958
Graptostethus servus Fabricius, 1787Lygaeid bug
Kleidocerys resedae Panzer, 1797Birch Catkin Bug
Kleidocerys resedae resedae Panzer, 1797
Lygaeus equestris L., 1758Black-and-Red-bug
Lygaeus equestris equestris Linnaeus, 1758
Melanocoryphus albomaculatus Goeze, 1778
Nithecus jacobaeae Schilling, 1829
Nysius (Macroparius) cymoides Spinola, 1837
Nysius (Macroparius) graminicola Kolenati, 1846
Nysius (Macroparius) helveticus Herrich-Scha..., 1850
Nysius helveticus helveticus
Nysius (Nysius) ericae Schilling, 1829False chinch bug
Nysius ericae ericae Schilling, 1829
Nysius ericae groenlandicus Zetterstedt, 1838
Nysius (Nysius) thymi Wolff, 1804Lygaeid bug
Nysius thymi thymi Wolff, 1804
Nysius (Tropinysius) senecionis Schilling, 1829
Nysius senecionis senecionis Schilling, 1829
Nysius groenlandicus Zetterstedt, 1838
Nysius huttoni White, 1878Wheat bug
Nysius vinitor Bergroth, 1891Australian fly bug
Orsillus depressus Dallas, 1852
Ortholomus punctipennis Herrich-Scha..., 1838
Reticulatonysius queenslandensis Malipatil, 2005
Spilostethus pacificus Boisduval, 1835
Spilostethus pandurus Scopoli, 1763
Tropidothorax leucopterus Goeze, 1778

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

Taxom

SubfamilyIschnorrhynchinae
Stål, 1872
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLygaeinae
Schilling, 1829
6
7
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyOrsillinae
Stål, 1872
6
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