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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
679
9809
32121
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
675
9790
32064
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
642
9663
31803
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Paraneoptera
Martynov, 1923
137
1264
3120
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hemiptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Aphids, Bugs, Cicadas, Hemipterans, Hoppers, True bugs
101
1094
2672
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Heteroptera
Latreille, 1810
Bugs, Gerrids, Heteropterans, True bugs
43
478
1259
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Pentatomomorpha
Leston & al., 1954
22
244
531
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Lygaeoidea
Schilling, 1829
11
101
281
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyLygaeidae
Schilling, 1829
Chinch bugs, Ground bugs, Groundbugs, Milkweed Bug
18
54
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Spain
18 Genera with 54 Species
Apterola Mulsant & Rey, 19426SpeciesTaxom
Arocatus Spinola, 18293SpeciesTaxom
Belonochilus Uhler, 18321SpeciesTaxom
Caenocoris Fieber, 18471SpeciesTaxom
Cosmopleurus Stål, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Craspeduchus Stål, 17731SpeciesTaxom
Graptostethus Stål, 17873SpeciesTaxom
Horvathiolus Josifov, 18859SpeciesTaxom
Kleidocerys Stephens, 17973SpeciesTaxom
Lygaeosoma Spinola, 18375SpeciesTaxom
Lygaeus Fabricius, 19856SpeciesTaxom
Melanocoryphus Stål, 18683SpeciesTaxom
Nithecus Horváth, 18291SpeciesTaxom
Nysius Dallas, 1872False Chinch Bug13SpeciesTaxom
Orsillus Dallas, 18714SpeciesTaxom
Ortholomus Stal, 18382SpeciesTaxom
Spilostethus Stål, 0Milkweed bugs8SpeciesTaxom
Tropidothorax Bergroth, 18524SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Spain
54 Species and 21 Subspecies
Apterola (Apterola) kuenckeli Mulsant & Rey, 1866
Apterola (Apterola) kunckeli Mulsant & Rey, 1866
Apterola kunckeli kunckeli
Apterola kunckeli obscura Deckert, 1995
Apterola (Parapterola) iberica Horváth, 1899
Apterola (Parapterola) ramburi Peláez, 1942
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
Cosmopleurus fulvipes Dallas, 1852
Craspeduchus variegatus DeGeer, 1773
Graptostethus servus Fabricius, 1787Lygaeid bug
Graptostethus servus maculicollis Germar, 1847
Graptostethus servus servus Fabricius, 1787
Horvathiolus albomacula Lindberg, 1960
Horvathiolus albomaculus H.Lindberg, 1960
Horvathiolus canariensis Wagner, 1954
Horvathiolus fulvescens Puton, 1874
Horvathiolus gibbicollis Costa, 1882
Horvathiolus guttatus Rambur, 1839
Horvathiolus mendosus Horváth, 1916
Horvathiolus superbus Pollich, 1779
Horvathiolus syriacus Reuter, 1885
Kleidocerys ericae Horváth, 1908
Kleidocerys resedae Panzer, 1797Birch Catkin Bug
Kleidocerys resedae resedae Panzer, 1797
Lygaeosoma anatolicum Seidenstücker, 1960
Lygaeosoma sardae M.Spinola, 1837
Lygaeosoma sardeum Spinola, 1837
Lygaeosoma sardeum erythropterum Puton, 1875
Lygaeosoma sardeum sardeum Spinola, 1837
Lygaeus analis Dallas, 1852
Lygaeus equestris L., 1758Black-and-Red-bug
Lygaeus equestris equestris Linnaeus, 1758
Lygaeus equestris lactans Horvath, 1899
Lygaeus guttatus Rambur, 1839
Lygaeus simulans Deckert, 1985
Melanocoryphus albomaculatus Goeze, 1778
Melanocoryphus canariensis Wagner, 1954
Melanocoryphus tristrami Douglas & Scott, 1868
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 (Nysius) ericae Schilling, 1829False chinch bug
Nysius ericae ericae Schilling, 1829
Nysius (Nysius) thymi Wolff, 1804Lygaeid bug
Nysius thymi latus Wagner, 1958Bloody hermit
Nysius thymi thymi Wolff, 1804
Nysius senecionis senecionis Schilling, 1829
Nysius gloriae Baena & Gracia, 1998
Nysius immunis Walker, 1872
Orsillus depressus Dallas, 1852
Orsillus maculatus Fieber, 1861
Orsillus pinicanariensis Lindberg, 1953
Orsillus reyi Puton, 1871
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 leucopterus
Tropidothorax sternalis Dallas, 1852
Tropidothorax sternalis sternalis Dallas, 1852

Subnodes of Lygaeidae with occurrences in Spain
SubfamilyIschnorhynchinae
Stål, 1872
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLygaeinae
Schilling, 1829
12
36
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyOrsillinae
Stål, 1872
5
16
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