AntsAntsArachnidsArachnids
BeesBeesBeetlesBeetles
BookliceBookliceBugsBugs
BumblebeesBumblebeesButterfliesButterflies
CicadasCicadasCrane fliesCrane flies
DragonfliesDragonfliesEarwigsEarwigs
FliesFliesIsopodsIsopods
LocustsLocustsMantisesMantises
MayfliesMayfliesMosquitoesMosquitoes
MyriapodsMyriapodsNet-wingedNet-winged
Plant-parasiticPlant-parasiticScorpion fliesScorpion flies
TermitesTermitesWaspsWasps
INSECTOIDGERENGDARK LIGHT
Home Arthropoda Imprint Contact
TAXFAMGENSPESUB
Checklist for Subfamily Lygaeinae Schilling, 1829
and region Rwanda (East Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
253
2144
4667
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
253
2144
4667
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
244
2114
4616
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Paraneoptera
Martynov, 1923
49
181
229
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hemiptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Aphids, Bugs, Cicadas, Hemipterans, Hoppers, True bugs
43
143
199
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Heteroptera
Latreille, 1810
Bugs, Gerrids, Heteropterans, True bugs
19
70
102
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Pentatomomorpha
Leston & al., 1954
12
47
71
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Lygaeoidea
Schilling, 1829
9
39
63
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyLygaeidae
Schilling, 1829
Chinch bugs, Ground bugs, Groundbugs, Milkweed Bug
13
20
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyLygaeinae
Schilling, 1829
6
12
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Rwanda
6 Genera with 12 Species
Aethalotus Stål, 18651SpeciesTaxom
Graptostethus Stål, 19753SpeciesTaxom
Lygaeus Fabricius, 02SpeciesTaxom
Microspilus Stål, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Oncopeltus Stål, 19182SpeciesTaxom
Spilostethus Stål, 0Milkweed bugs3SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Rwanda
12 Species and 4 Subspecies
Aethalotus afzelii Stål, 1865
Graptostethus grandis Distant, 1901
Graptostethus rufus Distant, 1918
Graptostethus swynnertoni Scudder, 1975
Lygaeus bettoni Distant, 1901
Lygaeus dives dives
Microspilus proximus Dallas, 1852
Oncopeltus famelicus famelicus
Oncopeltus erebus Distant, 1918
Spilostethus furcula Herrich-Scha..., 1850
Spilostethus pandurus elegans Wolff, 1802
Spilostethus rivularis rivularis


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