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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
689
6869
20473
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
686
6864
20468
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
615
6657
19979
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Paraneoptera
Martynov, 1923
125
876
2119
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hemiptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Aphids, Bugs, Cicadas, Hemipterans, Hoppers, True bugs
99
789
1893
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Heteroptera
Latreille, 1810
Bugs, Gerrids, Heteropterans, True bugs
46
392
977
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Pentatomomorpha
Leston & al., 1954
22
178
398
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Lygaeoidea
Schilling, 1829
10
68
167
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyLygaeidae
Schilling, 1829
Chinch bugs, Ground bugs, Groundbugs, Milkweed Bug
15
32
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for West Germany
15 Genera with 32 Species
Arocatus Spinola, 18293SpeciesTaxom
Cephalocoris Heer, 18531SpeciesTaxom
Horvathiolus Josifov, 17791SpeciesTaxom
Kleidocerys Stephens, 17972SpeciesTaxom
Lygaeites Heer, 18534SpeciesTaxom
Lygaeosoma Spinola, 19501SpeciesTaxom
Lygaeus Fabricius, 18534SpeciesTaxom
Macrocranum Jordan, 19672SpeciesTaxom
Melanocoryphus Stål, 17781SpeciesTaxom
Nithecus Horváth, 18291SpeciesTaxom
Nysius Dallas, 1856False Chinch Bug6SpeciesTaxom
Orsillus Dallas, 18612SpeciesTaxom
Ortholomus Stal, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Spilostethus Stål, 1763Milkweed bugs2SpeciesTaxom
Tropidothorax Bergroth, 17781SpeciesTaxom


Species list for West Germany
32 Species
Arocatus longiceps Stål, 1872Plane Tree Bug
Arocatus melanocephalus Fabricius, 1798Elm Seed Bug
Arocatus roeselii Schilling, 1829
Cephalocoris pilosus O. Heer, 1853
Horvathiolus superbus Pollich, 1779
Kleidocerys privignus Horváth, 1894
Kleidocerys resedae Panzer, 1797Birch Catkin Bug
Lygaeites acutus O. Heer, 1853
Lygaeites mysteriosus Meunier, 1919
Lygaeites obsoletus Heer, 1853
Lygaeites ovalis O. Heer, 1853
Lygaeosoma wagneri G. Statz, 1950
Lygaeus dasypus O. Heer, 1853
Lygaeus equestris L., 1758Black-and-Red-bug
Lygaeus simulans Deckert, 1985
Lygaeus tinctus O. Heer, 1853
Macrocranum pliozaeni K. H. C. Jordan, 1967
Macrocranum pliozani Jordan, 1967
Melanocoryphus albomaculatus Goeze, 1778
Nithecus jacobaeae Schilling, 1829
Nysius (Macroparius) cymoides Spinola, 1837
Nysius (Macroparius) helveticus Herrich-Scha..., 1850
Nysius (Nysius) ericae Schilling, 1829False chinch bug
Nysius (Nysius) thymi Wolff, 1804Lygaeid bug
Nysius (Tropinysius) senecionis Schilling, 1829
Nysius punctipes Stål, 1856
Orsillus depressus Dallas, 1852
Orsillus maculatus Fieber, 1861
Ortholomus punctipennis Herrich-Scha..., 1838
Spilostethus pandurus Scopoli, 1763
Spilostethus saxatilis Scopoli, 1763Cretan soldier
Tropidothorax leucopterus Goeze, 1778

Subnodes of Lygaeidae with occurrences in West Germany
SubfamilyIschnorhynchinae
Stål, 1872
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLygaeinae
Schilling, 1829
7
13
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyOrsillinae
Stål, 1872
4
10
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