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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
999
17279
73737
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
994
17258
73681
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
883
16814
72502
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Paraneoptera
Martynov, 1923
195
2409
7341
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hemiptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Aphids, Bugs, Cicadas, Hemipterans, Hoppers, True bugs
144
2138
6625
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Heteroptera
Latreille, 1810
Bugs, Gerrids, Heteropterans, True bugs
56
767
2304
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Pentatomomorpha
Leston & al., 1954
28
376
923
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Lygaeoidea
Schilling, 1829
12
142
418
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyLygaeidae
Schilling, 1829
Chinch bugs, Ground bugs, Groundbugs, Milkweed Bug
30
78
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for West Europe
30 Genera with 78 Species
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Apterola Mulsant & Rey, 02SpeciesTaxom
Arocatus Spinola, 18293SpeciesTaxom
Belonochilus Uhler, 18321SpeciesTaxom
Caenocoris Fieber, 18471SpeciesTaxom
Caprochromus Scudder, 19641SpeciesTaxom
Cephalocoris Heer, 18531SpeciesTaxom
Graptostethus Stål, 17872SpeciesTaxom
Horvathiolus Josifov, 17793SpeciesTaxom
Kleidocerys Stephens, 18728SpeciesTaxom
Leipsanon Handlirsch, 19061SpeciesTaxom
Linnaea Scudder, 1890
Twinflower0SpeciesTaxom
Lygaeosoma Spinola, 18374SpeciesTaxom
Lygaeus Fabricius, 198516SpeciesTaxom
Melanocoryphus Stål, 18683SpeciesTaxom
Melanopleurus Stål, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Mizaldus Distant, 19781SpeciesTaxom
Neortholomus Hamilton, 18321SpeciesTaxom
Nithecus Horváth, 18291SpeciesTaxom
Nysius Dallas, 1891False Chinch Bug21SpeciesTaxom
Ochrimnus Stål, 19823SpeciesTaxom
Ochrostomus Stål, 17941SpeciesTaxom
Oncopeltus Stål, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Orsillus Dallas, 18713SpeciesTaxom
Ortholomus Stal, 18382SpeciesTaxom
Praenotochilus Theobald, 19371SpeciesTaxom
Spilostethus Stål, 1865Milkweed bugs10SpeciesTaxom
Togo Bergroth, 18741SpeciesTaxom
Torvochrimnus Brailovsky, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Tropidothorax Bergroth, 04SpeciesTaxom
Xyonysius Ashlock and ..., 1963
0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for West Europe
78 Species and 22 Subspecies
Apterola (Apterola) kunckeli Mulsant & Rey, 1866
Apterola kunckeli kunckeli
Arocatus longiceps Stål, 1872Plane Tree Bug
Arocatus melanocephalus Fabricius, 1798Elm Seed Bug
Arocatus roeselii Schilling, 1829
Belonochilus numenius Say, 1832Sycamore Seed Bug
Caenocoris (Caenocoris) nerii Germar, 1847
Caprochromus longisetosus Slater, 1964
Cephalocoris pilosus O. Heer, 1853
Graptostethus servus Fabricius, 1787Lygaeid bug
Graptostethus servus servus Fabricius, 1787
Horvathiolus guttatus Rambur, 1839
Horvathiolus mendosus Horváth, 1916
Horvathiolus superbus Pollich, 1779
Kleidocerys dimidiatus Barber, 1953
Kleidocerys ericae Horváth, 1908
Kleidocerys privignus Horváth, 1894
Kleidocerys resedae Panzer, 1797Birch Catkin Bug
Kleidocerys resedae flavicornis Duda, 1885
Kleidocerys resedae resedae Panzer, 1797
Kleidocerys truncatulus (Walker, 1872)⇒ Kleidocerys ericae Horváth, 1908
Kleidocerys truncatulus ericae Walker, 1872
Leipsanon reticulatum Handlirsch, 1906
Lygaeosoma anatolicum Seidenstücker, 1960
Lygaeosoma sardae M.Spinola, 1837
Lygaeosoma sardeum Spinola, 1837
Lygaeosoma sardeum sardeum Spinola, 1837
Lygaeus (Ochrostomus) venosus (Fabricius, 1794)⇒ Hypselonotus fulvus De Geer, 1775
Lygaeus apuans Rossi, 1794
Lygaeus arvernus Piton, 1935
Lygaeus celasensis Theobald, 1937
Lygaeus creticus Lucas, 1854
Lygaeus dellachiaje Hope, 0
Lygaeus elongatiabdominalis N. Theobald, 1937
Lygaeus equestris L., 1758Black-and-Red-bug
Lygaeus equestris equestris Linnaeus, 1758
Lygaeus familiaris Fabricius, 1781
Lygaeus kalmii Stål, 1874Mahaleb cherry
Lygaeus obscurellus N. Theobald, 1937
Lygaeus punctato guttatus
Lygaeus rubricatus Fallen, 1807
Lygaeus saxatilis (Scopoli, 1763)⇒ Spilostethus saxatilis Scopoli, 1763
Lygaeus simulans Deckert, 1985
Melanocoryphus albomaculatus Goeze, 1778
Melanocoryphus albomarginatus
Melanocoryphus tristrami Douglas & Scott, 1868
Melanopleurus pyrrhopterus melanopleurus Uhler, 1893
Mizaldus sinuaticollis R.Linnavuori, 1978
Neortholomus scolopax Say, 1832
Nithecus jacobaeae Schilling, 1829
Nysius (Macroparius) cymoides Spinola, 1837
Nysius (Macroparius) graminicola Kolenati, 1846
Nysius graminicola graminicola Kolenati, 1845
Nysius graminicola karaganus Hoberlandt, 1949
Nysius (Macroparius) helveticus Herrich-Scha..., 1850
Nysius helveticus helveticus
Nysius (Nysius) caledoniae Distant, 1920Caledonia seed bug
Nysius (Nysius) ericae Schilling, 1829False chinch bug
Nysius ericae ericae Schilling, 1829
Nysius (Nysius) thymi Wolff, 1804Lygaeid bug
Nysius thymi thymi Wolff, 1804
Nysius (Tropinysius) senecionis Schilling, 1829
Nysius senecionis senecionis Schilling, 1829
Nysius angustatus Uhler, 1872Herbwilliam
Nysius groenlandicus Zetterstedt, 1838
Nysius huttoni White, 1878Wheat bug
Nysius immunis Walker, 1872
Nysius niger Baker, 1906Northern false chinch bug
Nysius punctipes Stål, 1856
Nysius tenellus Barber, 1947
Nysius vinitor Bergroth, 1891Australian fly bug
Ochrimnus (Phaeochrimnus) dimorphopterus Brailovsky, 1982
Ochrimnus collaris Fabricius, 1803
Ochrimnus pseudocollaris H.Brailovsky, 1982
Ochrostomus pulchellus Fabricius & ..., 1794Lygaeid bug
Oncopeltus (Erythrischius) fasciatus Dallas, 1852Large milkweed bug
Orsillus depressus Dallas, 1852
Orsillus maculatus Fieber, 1861
Orsillus reyi Puton, 1871
Ortholomus carinatus Lindberg, 1932
Ortholomus punctipennis Herrich-Scha..., 1838
Praenotochilus parallelus N. Theobald, 1937
Spilostethus crudelis Fabricius, 1781
Spilostethus hospes Fabricius, 1794
Spilostethus merui Scudder, 1962
Spilostethus pandurus Scopoli, 1763
Spilostethus pandurus militaris Fabricius, 1775
Spilostethus pandurus pandurus
Spilostethus saxatilis Scopoli, 1763Cretan soldier
Spilostethus saxatilis lusitanicus Herrich-Scha..., 1850
Spilostethus saxatilis saxatilis
Spilostethus taeniatus Stål, 1865
Togo hemipterus Scott, 1874Seed bug
Torvochrimnus poeyi Guérin, 1838
Tropidothorax leucopterus Goeze, 1778
Tropidothorax leucopterus aurantiacus Thierry-Mieg, 1913
Tropidothorax leucopterus flavinus Thierry-Mieg, 1913
Tropidothorax leucopterus leucopterus

Subnodes of Lygaeidae with occurrences in West Europe
SubfamilyIschnorhynchinae
Stål, 1872
1
5
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLygaeinae
Schilling, 1829
14
43
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyOrsillinae
Stål, 1872
7
23
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