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Checklist for Family Lygaeidae Schilling, 1829 (Chinch bugs)
and region Tanganyika (Tanzania)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
219
1008
1531
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
218
1007
1530
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
208
974
1479
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Paraneoptera
Martynov, 1923
46
109
125
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hemiptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Aphids, Bugs, Cicadas, Hemipterans, Hoppers, True bugs
41
99
112
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Heteroptera
Latreille, 1810
Bugs, Gerrids, Heteropterans, True bugs
19
53
59
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Pentatomomorpha
Leston & al., 1954
15
31
32
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Lygaeoidea
Schilling, 1829
9
18
23
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyLygaeidae
Schilling, 1829
Chinch bugs, Ground bugs, Groundbugs, Milkweed Bug
8
10
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Tanganyika
8 Genera with 10 Species
Afraethalotus Scudder, 19181SpeciesTaxom
Aspilocoryphus Stål, 18581SpeciesTaxom
Graptostethus Stål, 19753SpeciesTaxom
Horvathiolus Josifov, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Madrorgus Scudder, 19621SpeciesTaxom
Nysius Dallas, 1952False Chinch Bug1SpeciesTaxom
Oncopeltus Stål, 01SpeciesTaxom
Oreonysius Usinger, 19521SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Tanganyika
10 Species and 1 Subspecies
Afraethalotus apicimaculatus Distant, 1918
Aspilocoryphus fasciativentris Stål, 1858
Graptostethus carpenteri Distant, 1918
Graptostethus electus Distant, 1918
Graptostethus swynnertoni Scudder, 1975
Horvathiolus delicatulus C.Stal, 1855
Madrorgus montanus Scudder, 1962
Nysius salti Usinger, 1952
Oncopeltus famelicus famelicus
Oreonysius rugosus Usinger, 1952

Subnodes of Lygaeidae with occurrences in Tanganyika
SubfamilyIschnorrhynchinae
Stål, 1872
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLygaeinae
Schilling, 1829
5
7
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyOrsillinae
Stål, 1872
1
1
Genus
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