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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
638
10421
42784
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
634
10403
42747
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
601
10265
42432
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Paraneoptera
Martynov, 1923
140
1521
4439
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hemiptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Aphids, Bugs, Cicadas, Hemipterans, Hoppers, True bugs
104
1364
4042
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Heteroptera
Latreille, 1810
Bugs, Gerrids, Heteropterans, True bugs
46
509
1517
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Pentatomomorpha
Leston & al., 1954
26
264
657
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Lygaeoidea
Schilling, 1829
12
113
314
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyLygaeidae
Schilling, 1829
Chinch bugs, Ground bugs, Groundbugs, Milkweed Bug
25
64
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Southeast Europe
25 Genera with 64 Species
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Apterola Mulsant & Rey, 18763SpeciesTaxom
Arocatus Spinola, 18293SpeciesTaxom
Belonochilus Uhler, 18321SpeciesTaxom
Caenocoris Fieber, 18471SpeciesTaxom
Camptocoris Puton, 18741SpeciesTaxom
Cosmopleurus Stål, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Graptostethus Stål, 17873SpeciesTaxom
Horvathiolus Josifov, 17793SpeciesTaxom
Kleidocerys Stephens, 18726SpeciesTaxom
Lygaeites Heer, 18535SpeciesTaxom
Lygaeosoma Spinola, 19626SpeciesTaxom
Lygaeus Fabricius, 185311SpeciesTaxom
Melanocoryphus Stål, 18682SpeciesTaxom
Melanotelus Reuter, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Neacoryphus Scudder, 18251SpeciesTaxom
Neortholomus Hamilton, 18321SpeciesTaxom
Nithecus Horváth, 18291SpeciesTaxom
Nysius Dallas, 1872False Chinch Bug11SpeciesTaxom
Oncopeltus Stål, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Orsillus Dallas, 18713SpeciesTaxom
Ortholomus Stal, 18382SpeciesTaxom
Oxygranulobaphus1SpeciesTaxom
Paraninus Scudder, 19571SpeciesTaxom
Spilostethus Stål, 0Milkweed bugs7SpeciesTaxom
Tropidothorax Bergroth, 02SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Southeast Europe
64 Species and 17 Subspecies
Apterola (Apterola) kuenckeli Mulsant & Rey, 1866
Apterola kunckeli kunckeli
Apterola (Apterola) lownii Saunders, 1876
Arocatus longiceps Stål, 1872Plane Tree Bug
Arocatus melanocephalus Fabricius, 1798Elm Seed Bug
Arocatus roeselii Schilling, 1829
Belonochilus numenius Say, 1832Sycamore Seed Bug
Caenocoris (Caenocoris) nerii Germar, 1847
Camptocoris longicornis Puton, 1874
Cosmopleurus fulvipes Dallas, 1852
Graptostethus servus Fabricius, 1787Lygaeid bug
Graptostethus servus maculicollis Germar, 1847
Graptostethus servus servus Fabricius, 1787
Horvathiolus gibbicollis Costa, 1882
Horvathiolus mendosus Horváth, 1916
Horvathiolus superbus Pollich, 1779
Kleidocerys ericae Horváth, 1908
Kleidocerys privignus Horváth, 1894
Kleidocerys resedae Panzer, 1797Birch Catkin Bug
Kleidocerys resedae flavicornis Duda, 1885
Kleidocerys resedae resedae Panzer, 1797
Kleidocerys truncatulus (Walker, 1872)⇒ Kleidocerys ericae Horváth, 1908
Lygaeites acutus O. Heer, 1853
Lygaeites lividus O. Heer, 1853
Lygaeites obsoletus Heer, 1853
Lygaeites ovalis O. Heer, 1853
Lygaeites pusillus O. Heer, 1853
Lygaeosoma anatolicum Seidenstücker, 1960
Lygaeosoma angulare Reuter & O.M., 1885
Lygaeosoma sardeum Spinola, 1837
Lygaeosoma sardeum erythropterum Puton, 1875
Lygaeosoma sardeum sardeum Spinola, 1837
Lygaeosoma sibiricum Seidenstücker, 1962
Lygaeus atavinus O. Heer, 1853
Lygaeus creticus Lucas, 1854
Lygaeus dasypus O. Heer, 1853
Lygaeus deucalionis O. Heer, 1853
Lygaeus equestris L., 1758Black-and-Red-bug
Lygaeus equestris equestris Linnaeus, 1758
Lygaeus heeri Slater, 1964
Lygaeus kalmii Stål, 1874Mahaleb cherry
Lygaeus simulans Deckert, 1985
Lygaeus tinctus O. Heer, 1853
Lygaeus ventralis O. Heer, 1853
Melanocoryphus albomaculatus Goeze, 1778
Melanocoryphus tristrami Douglas & Scott, 1868
Melanotelus villosulus Stål, 1855
Neacoryphus bicrucis Say, 1825Lygaeid bug
Neortholomus scolopax Say, 1832
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 helveticus helveticus
Nysius ericae ericae Schilling, 1829
Nysius thymi thymi Wolff, 1804
Nysius (Tropinysius) senecionis Schilling, 1829
Nysius senecionis senecionis Schilling, 1829
Nysius groenlandicus Zetterstedt, 1838
Nysius immunis Walker, 1872
Oncopeltus (Erythrischius) fasciatus Dallas, 1852Large milkweed bug
Orsillus depressus Dallas, 1852
Orsillus maculatus Fieber, 1861
Orsillus reyi Puton, 1871
Ortholomus carinatus Lindberg, 1932
Ortholomus punctipennis Herrich-Scha..., 1838
Oxygranulobaphus willinki Brailovsky, 1982
Paraninus gracilis Scudder, 1957
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 saxatilis
Tropidothorax leucopterus Goeze, 1778
Tropidothorax leucopterus leucopterus

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

Taxom

SubfamilyLygaeinae
Schilling, 1829
14
36
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyOrsillinae
Stål, 1872
7
17
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