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Checklist for Subfamily Lygaeinae Schilling, 1829
and region Belgium (Benelux)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
567
6611
20424
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
564
6599
20409
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
535
6518
20232
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Paraneoptera
Martynov, 1923
126
965
2351
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hemiptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Aphids, Bugs, Cicadas, Hemipterans, Hoppers, True bugs
87
837
2105
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Heteroptera
Latreille, 1810
Bugs, Gerrids, Heteropterans, True bugs
42
337
820
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Pentatomomorpha
Leston & al., 1954
21
154
298
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Lygaeoidea
Schilling, 1829
10
70
159
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyLygaeidae
Schilling, 1829
Chinch bugs, Ground bugs, Groundbugs, Milkweed Bug
14
30
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyLygaeinae
Schilling, 1829
7
14
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Belgium
7 Genera with 14 Species
Arocatus Spinola, 18293SpeciesTaxom
Graptostethus Stål, 17871SpeciesTaxom
Horvathiolus Josifov, 17791SpeciesTaxom
Lygaeus Fabricius, 17636SpeciesTaxom
Melanocoryphus Stål, 17781SpeciesTaxom
Spilostethus Stål, 0Milkweed bugs4SpeciesTaxom
Tropidothorax Bergroth, 02SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Belgium
14 Species and 5 Subspecies
Arocatus longiceps Stål, 1872Plane Tree Bug
Arocatus melanocephalus Fabricius, 1798Elm Seed Bug
Arocatus roeselii Schilling, 1829
Graptostethus servus Fabricius, 1787Lygaeid bug
Horvathiolus superbus Pollich, 1779
Lygaeus apuans Rossi, 1794
Lygaeus equestris L., 1758Black-and-Red-bug
Lygaeus equestris equestris Linnaeus, 1758
Lygaeus familiaris Fabricius, 1781
Lygaeus punctato guttatus
Lygaeus saxatilis (Scopoli, 1763)⇒ Spilostethus saxatilis Scopoli, 1763
Melanocoryphus albomaculatus Goeze, 1778
Spilostethus pandurus Scopoli, 1763
Spilostethus pandurus militaris Fabricius, 1775
Spilostethus saxatilis Scopoli, 1763Cretan soldier
Spilostethus saxatilis saxatilis
Tropidothorax leucopterus Goeze, 1778
Tropidothorax leucopterus leucopterus


Links, sources and further information
Lygaeinae at artfakta.se
Lygaeinae at dyntaxa.se
Lygaeinae at itis.gov