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Checklist of Family Lygaeidae Schilling, 1829 (Chinch bugs)
for Transvaal (Republic South Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
377
3064
5702
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
377
3064
5702
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
354
2978
5577
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Paraneoptera
Martynov, 1923
82
390
581
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hemiptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Aphids, Bugs, Cicadas, Hemipterans, Hoppers, True bugs
72
320
464
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Heteroptera
Latreille, 1810
Bugs, Gerrids, Heteropterans, True bugs
35
158
202
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Pentatomomorpha
Leston & al., 1954
18
76
69
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Lygaeoidea
Schilling, 1829
6
15
16
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyLygaeidae
Schilling, 1829
Chinch bugs, Ground bugs, Groundbugs, Milkweed Bug
6
6
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Transvaal
6 Genera with 6 Species
Aspilocoryphus Stål, 18581SpeciesTaxom
Aulacopeltus Stål, 18681SpeciesTaxom
Blissiella Slater, 19641SpeciesTaxom
Masoas Distant, 19062SpeciesTaxom
Nysius Dallas, 1904False Chinch Bug1SpeciesTaxom
Spilostethus Stål, 1837Milkweed bugs1SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Transvaal
6 Species
Aspilocoryphus fasciativentris Stål, 1858
Blissiella castanea Slater & J.A., 1964
Masoas limbata Distant & W.L., 1906
Masoas transvaaliensis Distant & W.L., 1906
Nysius rubromaculatus Distant, 1904
Spilostethus rivularis Germar, 1837

Subnodes of Lygaeidae with occurrences in Transvaal
SubfamilyLygaeinae
Schilling, 1829
2
2
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyOrsillinae
Stål, 1872
1
1
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 


Lygaeidae (Schilling 1829)
Lygaeidae (Schilling 1829)


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