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Checklist for Family Lygaeidae Schilling, 1829 (Chinch bugs)
and region Tunisia (North Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
359
2886
6688
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
358
2883
6685
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
350
2865
6666
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Paraneoptera
Martynov, 1923
80
495
858
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hemiptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Aphids, Bugs, Cicadas, Hemipterans, Hoppers, True bugs
64
467
806
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Heteroptera
Latreille, 1810
Bugs, Gerrids, Heteropterans, True bugs
31
220
391
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Pentatomomorpha
Leston & al., 1954
19
117
185
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Lygaeoidea
Schilling, 1829
11
68
125
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyLygaeidae
Schilling, 1829
Chinch bugs, Ground bugs, Groundbugs, Milkweed Bug
15
27
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Tunisia
15 Genera with 27 Species
Apterola Mulsant & Rey, 03SpeciesTaxom
Arocatus Spinola, 18291SpeciesTaxom
Caenocoris Fieber, 18471SpeciesTaxom
Camptocoris Puton, 18741SpeciesTaxom
Cosmopleurus Stål, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Horvathiolus Josifov, 19164SpeciesTaxom
Kleidocerys Stephens, 19081SpeciesTaxom
Lygaeosoma Spinola, 18872SpeciesTaxom
Lygaeus Fabricius, 18992SpeciesTaxom
Melanotelus Reuter, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Nysius Dallas, 1872False Chinch Bug6SpeciesTaxom
Orsillus Dallas, 18712SpeciesTaxom
Ortholomus Stal, 19321SpeciesTaxom
Paranysius Horváth, 18983SpeciesTaxom
Spilostethus Stål, 1763Milkweed bugs4SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Tunisia
27 Species and 7 Subspecies
Apterola (Apterola) kuenckeli Mulsant & Rey, 1866
Apterola (Apterola) kunckeli Mulsant & Rey, 1866
Apterola kunckeli kunckeli
Arocatus roeselii Schilling, 1829
Caenocoris (Caenocoris) nerii Germar, 1847
Camptocoris longicornis Puton, 1874
Cosmopleurus fulvipes Dallas, 1852
Horvathiolus fulvescens Puton, 1874
Horvathiolus gibbicollis Costa, 1882
Horvathiolus guttatus Rambur, 1839
Horvathiolus mendosus Horváth, 1916
Kleidocerys ericae Horváth, 1908
Lygaeosoma sardeum Spinola, 1837
Lygaeosoma sardeum numidicum Puton, 1887
Lygaeus equestris L., 1758Black-and-Red-bug
Lygaeus equestris lactans Horvath, 1899
Melanotelus villosulus Stål, 1855
Nysius (Macroparius) cymoides Spinola, 1837
Nysius (Macroparius) graminicola Kolenati, 1846
Nysius graminicola graminicola Kolenati, 1845
Nysius (Nysius) ericae Schilling, 1829False chinch bug
Nysius ericae ericae Schilling, 1829
Nysius immunis Walker, 1872
Orsillus depressus Dallas, 1852
Orsillus reyi Puton, 1871
Ortholomus carinatus Lindberg, 1932
Paranysius australis Linnavuori, 1978
Paranysius fallaciosus fallaciosus
Paranysius perplexus Puton, 1898
Spilostethus longulus Dallas, 1852
Spilostethus pandurus Scopoli, 1763
Spilostethus pandurus militaris Fabricius, 1775
Spilostethus saxatilis Scopoli, 1763Cretan soldier

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

Taxom

SubfamilyLygaeinae
Schilling, 1829
10
18
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyOrsillinae
Stål, 1872
4
8
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