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Checklist for Subfamily Lygaeinae Schilling, 1829
and region Western Cape (Cape)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
528
5425
11871
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
526
5418
11860
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
502
5315
11672
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Paraneoptera
Martynov, 1923
106
578
921
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hemiptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Aphids, Bugs, Cicadas, Hemipterans, Hoppers, True bugs
90
544
892
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Heteroptera
Latreille, 1810
Bugs, Gerrids, Heteropterans, True bugs
46
231
345
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Pentatomomorpha
Leston & al., 1954
23
148
187
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Lygaeoidea
Schilling, 1829
9
54
99
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyLygaeidae
Schilling, 1829
Chinch bugs, Ground bugs, Groundbugs, Milkweed Bug
26
57
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyLygaeinae
Schilling, 1829
11
23
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Western Cape
11 Genera with 23 Species
Caenocoris Fieber, 18471SpeciesTaxom
Graptostethus Stål, 17871SpeciesTaxom
Horvathiolus Josifov, 18731SpeciesTaxom
Lygaeosoma Spinola, 19011SpeciesTaxom
Lygaeus Fabricius, 18377SpeciesTaxom
Melanotelus Reuter, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Microspilus Stål, 18522SpeciesTaxom
Oncopeltus Stål, 17811SpeciesTaxom
Spilostethus Stål, 1794Milkweed bugs6SpeciesTaxom
Thunbergia Horváth, 18221SpeciesTaxom
Tropidothorax Bergroth, 18591SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Western Cape
23 Species
Caenocoris (Caenocoris) nerii Germar, 1847
Graptostethus servus Fabricius, 1787Lygaeid bug
Horvathiolus amoenulus Gerstaecker, 1873
Lygaeosoma neglecta Distant, 1901
Lygaeus contaminatus (Fallen, 1807)⇒ Neolygus contaminatus Fallén, 1807
Lygaeus crocatus
Lygaeus deustus
Lygaeus immaculatus
Lygaeus melanurus Germar, 1837
Lygaeus mundus Dallas, 1852
Lygaeus rivularis Germar, 1837
Melanotelus villosula C.Stal, 1855
Microspilus kafferensis Slater, 1964
Microspilus proximus Dallas, 1852
Oncopeltus (Oncopeltus) famelicus Fabricius, 1781
Spilostethus crudelis Fabricius, 1781
Spilostethus furculus Herrich-Scha..., 1850
Spilostethus macilentus Stål, 1874
Spilostethus rivularis Germar, 1837
Spilostethus taeniatus Stål, 1865
Spilostethus trilineatus Fabricius, 1794
Thunbergia marginatus Thunberg, 1822
Tropidothorax cruciger Motschulsky, 1859


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