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Checklist for Family Lygaeidae Schilling, 1829 (Chinch bugs)
and region South Italy (Italy)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
515
6472
18489
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
511
6460
18472
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
490
6393
18333
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Paraneoptera
Martynov, 1923
112
983
2243
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hemiptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Aphids, Bugs, Cicadas, Hemipterans, Hoppers, True bugs
85
871
2058
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Heteroptera
Latreille, 1810
Bugs, Gerrids, Heteropterans, True bugs
44
367
881
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Pentatomomorpha
Leston & al., 1954
22
181
376
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Lygaeoidea
Schilling, 1829
10
75
175
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyLygaeidae
Schilling, 1829
Chinch bugs, Ground bugs, Groundbugs, Milkweed Bug
14
30
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for South Italy
14 Genera with 30 Species
Apterola Mulsant & Rey, 18662SpeciesTaxom
Arocatus Spinola, 18292SpeciesTaxom
Caenocoris Fieber, 18471SpeciesTaxom
Graptostethus Stål, 17871SpeciesTaxom
Horvathiolus Josifov, 17792SpeciesTaxom
Kleidocerys Stephens, 18724SpeciesTaxom
Lygaeus Fabricius, 19855SpeciesTaxom
Melanocoryphus Stål, 17781SpeciesTaxom
Nithecus Horváth, 18291SpeciesTaxom
Nysius Dallas, 1872False Chinch Bug8SpeciesTaxom
Orsillus Dallas, 18611SpeciesTaxom
Ortholomus Stal, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Spilostethus Stål, 1763Milkweed bugs3SpeciesTaxom
Tropidothorax Bergroth, 18522SpeciesTaxom


Species list for South Italy
30 Species and 6 Subspecies
Apterola (Apterola) kuenckeli Mulsant & Rey, 1866
Apterola (Apterola) kunckeli Mulsant & Rey, 1866
Arocatus melanocephalus Fabricius, 1798Elm Seed Bug
Arocatus roeselii Schilling, 1829
Caenocoris (Caenocoris) nerii Germar, 1847
Graptostethus servus Fabricius, 1787Lygaeid bug
Horvathiolus gibbicollis Costa, 1882
Horvathiolus superbus Pollich, 1779
Kleidocerys ericae Horváth, 1908
Kleidocerys ovalis Barber, 1953
Kleidocerys resedae Panzer, 1797Birch Catkin Bug
Kleidocerys truncatulus (Walker, 1872)⇒ Kleidocerys ericae Horváth, 1908
Lygaeus creticus Lucas, 1854
Lygaeus equestris L., 1758Black-and-Red-bug
Lygaeus equestris equestris Linnaeus, 1758
Lygaeus equestris sicilianus Wagner, 1955
Lygaeus simulans Deckert, 1985
Melanocoryphus albomaculatus Goeze, 1778
Nithecus jacobaeae Schilling, 1829
Nysius (Macroparius) cymoides Spinola, 1837
Nysius (Macroparius) graminicola Kolenati, 1846
Nysius graminicola graminicola Kolenati, 1845
Nysius (Macroparius) helveticus Herrich-Scha..., 1850
Nysius ericae ericae Schilling, 1829
Nysius thymi thymi Wolff, 1804
Nysius (Tropinysius) senecionis Schilling, 1829
Nysius immunis Walker, 1872
Orsillus maculatus Fieber, 1861
Ortholomus punctipennis Herrich-Scha..., 1838
Spilostethus pandurus Scopoli, 1763
Spilostethus pandurus pandurus
Spilostethus saxatilis Scopoli, 1763Cretan soldier
Tropidothorax leucopterus Goeze, 1778
Tropidothorax sternalis Dallas, 1852

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

Taxom

SubfamilyLygaeinae
Schilling, 1829
9
16
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyOrsillinae
Stål, 1872
4
10
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