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Checklist for Family Lygaeidae Schilling, 1829 (Chinch bugs)
and region Trinidad and Tobago (Caribbean islands)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
401
3514
6584
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
400
3513
6582
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
385
3451
6458
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Paraneoptera
Martynov, 1923
86
487
821
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hemiptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Aphids, Bugs, Cicadas, Hemipterans, Hoppers, True bugs
64
409
678
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Heteroptera
Latreille, 1810
Bugs, Gerrids, Heteropterans, True bugs
28
117
186
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Pentatomomorpha
Leston & al., 1954
13
65
109
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Lygaeoidea
Schilling, 1829
6
45
85
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyLygaeidae
Schilling, 1829
Chinch bugs, Ground bugs, Groundbugs, Milkweed Bug
19
26
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Trinidad and Tobago
19 Genera with 26 Species
Acroleucus Stål, 19801SpeciesTaxom
Arimacoris Baranowski &..., 19871SpeciesTaxom
Bacacephalus Harrington, 18741SpeciesTaxom
Bubaces Distant, 19012SpeciesTaxom
Craspeduchus Stål, 17731SpeciesTaxom
Gemmacoris Baranowski &..., 19871SpeciesTaxom
Gonatoides Slater, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Hadrosomus Slater, 18691SpeciesTaxom
Latochrimnus Brailovsky, 19841SpeciesTaxom
Myodacanthus Dellapé, 20121SpeciesTaxom
Neoninus Distant, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Neortholomus Hamilton, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Ninyas Distant, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Nysius Dallas, 1872False Chinch Bug1SpeciesTaxom
Ochrimnus Stål, 19293SpeciesTaxom
Oncopeltus Stål, 04SpeciesTaxom
Pephysena Distant, 19541SpeciesTaxom
Petissius Distant, 18742SpeciesTaxom
Xyonysius Ashlock and ..., 18521SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Trinidad and Tobago
26 Species and 1 Subspecies
Acroleucus lamothei H.Brailovsky, 1980
Arimacoris pileacola Baranowski &..., 1987
Bacacephalus globiceps C.Stal, 1874
Bubaces castaneus Distant, 1893
Bubaces uhleri Distant & W.L., 1901
Craspeduchus variegatus DeGeer, 1773
Gemmacoris nitens Baranowski &..., 1987
Gonatoides typicus Distant, 1882
Hadrosomus confraternus Uhler & P.R., 1869
Latochrimnus aduncus Brailovsky, 1984
Myodacanthus tridinadensis Dellapé, 2012
Neoninus illustris Distant, 1882
Neortholomus jamaicensis Dallas, 1852
Ninyas solubilis Distant, 1893
Nysius raphanus Howard, 1872False chinch bug
Ochrimnus carnosulus Van Duzee, 1914
Ochrimnus chontalensis Distant, 1893
Ochrimnus foederatus Van Duzee, 1929
Oncopeltus (Erythrischius) fasciatus Dallas, 1852Large milkweed bug
Oncopeltus (Erythrischius) sandarachatus Say, 1832
Oncopeltus semilimbatus Stål, 1874
Oncopeltus varicolor varicolor
Pephysena fuscosa Barber & H.G., 1954
Petissius pallidinervis Stål, 1858
Petissius spinipes C.Stal, 1874
Xyonysius basalis Dallas, 1852

Subnodes of Lygaeidae with occurrences in Trinidad and Tobago
SubfamilyLygaeinae
Schilling, 1829
4
9
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyOrsillinae
Stål, 1872
3
3
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