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Checklist for Subfamily Lygaeinae Schilling, 1829
and region India (South Asia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
703
14141
56254
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
699
14132
56242
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
662
13883
55452
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Paraneoptera
Martynov, 1923
149
2161
6127
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hemiptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Aphids, Bugs, Cicadas, Hemipterans, Hoppers, True bugs
110
1814
5275
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Heteroptera
Latreille, 1810
Bugs, Gerrids, Heteropterans, True bugs
53
532
1125
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Pentatomomorpha
Leston & al., 1954
30
300
617
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Lygaeoidea
Schilling, 1829
14
128
343
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyLygaeidae
Schilling, 1829
Chinch bugs, Ground bugs, Groundbugs, Milkweed Bug
47
123
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyLygaeinae
Schilling, 1829
18
66
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for India
18 Genera with 66 Species
Aethalotus Stål, 19633SpeciesTaxom
Arocatus Spinola, 18595SpeciesTaxom
Aspilocoryphus Stål, 19187SpeciesTaxom
Caenocoris Fieber, 18471SpeciesTaxom
Graptostethus Stål, 18528SpeciesTaxom
Hormopleurus Horváth, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Horvathiolus Josifov, 17791SpeciesTaxom
Lygaeosoma Spinola, 19186SpeciesTaxom
Lygaeus Fabricius, 185013SpeciesTaxom
Melanotelus Reuter, 18555SpeciesTaxom
Neacoryphus Scudder, 18251SpeciesTaxom
Oncopeltus Stål, 19645SpeciesTaxom
Pyrrhobaphus Stål, 17871SpeciesTaxom
Scopiastes Stål, 19631SpeciesTaxom
Spilostethus Stål, 1794Milkweed bugs10SpeciesTaxom
Stenaptula Seidenstücker, 19181SpeciesTaxom
Thunbergia Horváth, 18702SpeciesTaxom
Tropidothorax Bergroth, 05SpeciesTaxom


Species list for India
66 Species and 10 Subspecies
Aethalotus horni Breddin, 1907
Aethalotus indicatus Distant, 1909
Aethalotus rufangulatus Scudder & G...., 1963
Arocatus nanus Breddin, 1900
Arocatus nicobarensis Mayr, 1865
Arocatus pilosulus Distant, 1879
Arocatus pusillus Dallas, 1852
Arocatus sericans Stål, 1859
Aspilocoryphus dixoni Distant, 1903
Aspilocoryphus fraternus Distant, 1918
Aspilocoryphus mendicus Fabricius & ..., 1775
Aspilocoryphus mendicus mendicus
Aspilocoryphus modestus Distant, 1909
Aspilocoryphus orientale Distant & W.L., 1904
Aspilocoryphus signatus Distant, 1918
Caenocoris (Caenocoris) nerii Germar, 1847
Graptostethus argentatus Fabricius, 1803
Graptostethus incertus F.Walker, 1872
Graptostethus incomptus Herrich-Scha..., 1850
Graptostethus nigriceps Stål, 1874
Graptostethus quadratomaculatus Kirby, 1891
Graptostethus quadrisignatus Distant, 1879
Graptostethus servus Fabricius, 1787Lygaeid bug
Graptostethus verticalis Dallas & W.S., 1852
Hormopleurus modesta Distant, 1909
Horvathiolus superbus Pollich, 1779
Lygaeosoma contaminata Distant, 1918
Lygaeosoma contaminatum Distant, 1918
Lygaeosoma orientale Distant, 1903
Lygaeosoma pusillum Dallas, 1852
Lygaeosoma sordida
Lygaeosoma sordidum Distant, 1918
Lygaeus bipunctatus (Fabricius, 1779)⇒ Calocoris norvegicus Gmelin, 1790
Lygaeus campbelli Distant, 1918
Lygaeus eous Distant, 1909
Lygaeus equestris L., 1758Black-and-Red-bug
Lygaeus equestris equestris Linnaeus, 1758
Lygaeus guttiger Dallas, 1852
Lygaeus hospes (Fabricius, 1794)⇒ Spilostethus hospes Fabricius, 1794
Lygaeus maculatus Dallas, 1852
Lygaeus melanostolus Kiritshenko ..., 1928
Lygaeus pallipes Wolff, 1804
Lygaeus semiruber Walker, 1872
Lygaeus simla Distant, 1909
Lygaeus tristriatus Herrich-Scha..., 1850
Melanotelus bipunctata Dallas & W.S., 1852
Melanotelus bipunctatus Dallas, 1852
Melanotelus sordidus Distant, 1918
Melanotelus villosula C.Stal, 1855
Melanotelus villosulus Stål, 1855
Neacoryphus bicrucis Say, 1825Lygaeid bug
Oncopeltus (Oncopeltus) sordidus Dallas, 1852
Oncopeltus confusus G.Horvath, 1914
Oncopeltus nigriceps Dallas, 1852
Oncopeltus nigriceps nigriceps Dallas, 1852
Oncopeltus nigriceps pseudorubricatus Slater, 1964
Pyrrhobaphus leucurus Fabricius, 1787
Scopiastes nicobarensis Scudder, 1963
Spilostethus campbelli Distant, 1918
Spilostethus hospes Fabricius, 1794
Spilostethus longulus Dallas, 1852
Spilostethus pandurus Scopoli, 1763
Spilostethus pandurus elegans Wolff, 1802
Spilostethus pandurus militaris Fabricius, 1775
Spilostethus pandurus pandurus
Spilostethus saxatilis Scopoli, 1763Cretan soldier
Spilostethus saxatilis saxatilis
Spilostethus trilineatus Fabricius, 1794
Stenaptula signatus Distant & W.L., 1918
Thunbergia marginatus Thunberg, 1822
Thunbergia sanguinarius C.Stal, 1870
Tropidothorax fimbriatus Dallas, 1852
Tropidothorax leucopterus Goeze, 1778
Tropidothorax leucopterus leucopterus
Tropidothorax maculatus Dallas & W.S., 1852
Tropidothorax maculatus maculatus


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