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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
519
5821
17620
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
517
5819
17618
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
494
5734
17452
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Paraneoptera
Martynov, 1923
110
727
1600
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hemiptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Aphids, Bugs, Cicadas, Hemipterans, Hoppers, True bugs
83
647
1413
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Heteroptera
Latreille, 1810
Bugs, Gerrids, Heteropterans, True bugs
41
264
449
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Pentatomomorpha
Leston & al., 1954
21
140
217
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Lygaeoidea
Schilling, 1829
10
64
115
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyLygaeidae
Schilling, 1829
Chinch bugs, Ground bugs, Groundbugs, Milkweed Bug
14
27
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Switzerland
14 Genera with 27 Species
Arocatus Spinola, 18293SpeciesTaxom
Belonochilus Uhler, 18321SpeciesTaxom
Cephalocoris Heer, 18531SpeciesTaxom
Horvathiolus Josifov, 17791SpeciesTaxom
Kleidocerys Stephens, 17973SpeciesTaxom
Lygaeus Fabricius, 19854SpeciesTaxom
Melanocoryphus Stål, 17781SpeciesTaxom
Nithecus Horváth, 18291SpeciesTaxom
Nysius Dallas, 1872False Chinch Bug9SpeciesTaxom
Orsillus Dallas, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Ortholomus Stal, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Spilostethus Stål, 0Milkweed bugs5SpeciesTaxom
Torvochrimnus Brailovsky, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Tropidothorax Bergroth, 02SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Switzerland
27 Species and 11 Subspecies
Arocatus longiceps Stål, 1872Plane Tree Bug
Arocatus melanocephalus Fabricius, 1798Elm Seed Bug
Arocatus roeselii Schilling, 1829
Belonochilus numenius Say, 1832Sycamore Seed Bug
Cephalocoris pilosus O. Heer, 1853
Horvathiolus superbus Pollich, 1779
Kleidocerys ericae Horváth, 1908
Kleidocerys resedae Panzer, 1797Birch Catkin Bug
Kleidocerys resedae resedae Panzer, 1797
Lygaeus (Ochrostomus) venosus (Fabricius, 1794)⇒ Hypselonotus fulvus De Geer, 1775
Lygaeus equestris L., 1758Black-and-Red-bug
Lygaeus equestris equestris Linnaeus, 1758
Lygaeus simulans Deckert, 1985
Melanocoryphus albomaculatus Goeze, 1778
Nithecus jacobaeae Schilling, 1829
Nysius (Macroparius) cymoides Spinola, 1837
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 senecionis senecionis Schilling, 1829
Nysius groenlandicus Zetterstedt, 1838
Nysius immunis Walker, 1872
Orsillus depressus Dallas, 1852
Ortholomus punctipennis Herrich-Scha..., 1838
Spilostethus pandurus Scopoli, 1763
Spilostethus pandurus militaris Fabricius, 1775
Spilostethus pandurus pandurus
Spilostethus saxatilis Scopoli, 1763Cretan soldier
Spilostethus saxatilis saxatilis
Torvochrimnus poeyi Guérin, 1838
Tropidothorax leucopterus Goeze, 1778
Tropidothorax leucopterus leucopterus

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

Taxom

SubfamilyLygaeinae
Schilling, 1829
6
11
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyOrsillinae
Stål, 1872
5
12
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