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Checklist for Superfamily Lygaeoidea 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
 


List of families for Belgium
10 Families width 159 Species and 22 Subspecies
Rhyparochromidae Amyot & Serv..., 1843Dirt-colored Seed Bugs85SpeciesTaxom
Lygaeidae Schilling, 1829Chinch bugs30SpeciesTaxom
Artheneidae Stål, 18721SpeciesTaxom
Berytidae Fieber, 1851Stilt bug15SpeciesTaxom
Oxycarenidae Stål, 18629SpeciesTaxom
Cymidae Baerensprung, 18604SpeciesTaxom
Blissidae Stål, 1862Chinch Bugs2SpeciesTaxom
Geocoridae Baerensprung, 1860Big-eyed Bugs5SpeciesTaxom
Heterogastridae Stål, 18724SpeciesTaxom
Piesmatidae Amyot & Audi..., 1843Ash grey leaf bug4SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Belgium
70 Genera with 159 Species
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Acompus Fieber, 18041SpeciesTaxom
Aellopus Wolff, 17781SpeciesTaxom
Aphanus Laporte, 18681SpeciesTaxom
Arocatus Spinola, 18293SpeciesTaxom
Artheneis Spinola, 1837
0SpeciesTaxom
Belonochilus Uhler, 18321SpeciesTaxom
Beosus Amyot & Serv..., 18611SpeciesTaxom
Berytinus Kirkaldy, 18597SpeciesTaxom
Berytus Fabricius, 18351SpeciesTaxom
Bogdiana Kerzhner, 19641SpeciesTaxom
Camptotelus Fieber, 18291SpeciesTaxom
Chilacis Fieber, 18571SpeciesTaxom
Cymus Hahn, 18614SpeciesTaxom
Dieuches Dohrn, 18721SpeciesTaxom
Dimorphopterus Stål, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Drymus Fieber, 17756SpeciesTaxom
Emblethis Fieber, 18033SpeciesTaxom
Eremocoris Fieber, 17757SpeciesTaxom
Gampsocoris Fuss, 18222SpeciesTaxom
Gastrodes Westwood, 17733SpeciesTaxom
Geocoris Fallen, 1843Big-eyed Bug4SpeciesTaxom
Gonianotus Fieber, 18041SpeciesTaxom
Graptopeltus Stål, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Graptostethus Stål, 17871SpeciesTaxom
Henestaris Spinola, 18361SpeciesTaxom
Heterogaster Schilling, 17753SpeciesTaxom
Horvathiolus Josifov, 17791SpeciesTaxom
Ischnocoris Fieber, 18614SpeciesTaxom
Ischnodemus Fieber, 18261SpeciesTaxom
Kleidocerys Stephens, 18725SpeciesTaxom
Lamproplax Douglas & Scott, 18602SpeciesTaxom
Lasiosomus Fieber, 18351SpeciesTaxom
Leipsanon Handlirsch, 19061SpeciesTaxom
Lizinus Mulsant & Rey, 18593SpeciesTaxom
Lygaeus Fabricius, 17636SpeciesTaxom
Macrodema Fieber, 18362SpeciesTaxom
Macroplax Fieber, 18371SpeciesTaxom
Megalonotus Fieber, 18709SpeciesTaxom
Melanocoryphus Stål, 17781SpeciesTaxom
Metacanthus Costa, 18472SpeciesTaxom
Metatropis Fieber, 18351SpeciesTaxom
Metopoplax Fieber, 18722SpeciesTaxom
Neides Latreille, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Nithecus Horváth, 18291SpeciesTaxom
Notochilus Fieber, 18701SpeciesTaxom
Nysius Dallas, 1878False Chinch Bug12SpeciesTaxom
Orsillus Dallas, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Ortholomus Stal, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Oxycarenus Fieber, 18363SpeciesTaxom
Pachybrachius Hahn, 18263SpeciesTaxom
Parapiesma Péricart, 18441SpeciesTaxom
Peritrechus Fieber, 18078SpeciesTaxom
Piesma Lepeletier a..., 18043SpeciesTaxom
Piezoscelis Fieber, 18391SpeciesTaxom
Pionosomus Fieber, 18041SpeciesTaxom
Platyplax Fieber, 18291SpeciesTaxom
Plinthisus Westwood, 18072SpeciesTaxom
Plociomerus Amyot & Serv..., 18291SpeciesTaxom
Pterotmetus Amyot & Serv..., 18291SpeciesTaxom
Raglius Stål, 18292SpeciesTaxom
Rhyparochromus Hahn, 1798Ground-Bug4SpeciesTaxom
Scolopostethus Fieber, 18748SpeciesTaxom
Sphragisticus Stål, 18071SpeciesTaxom
Spilostethus Stål, 0Milkweed bugs4SpeciesTaxom
Stygnocoris Douglas and ..., 18294SpeciesTaxom
Taphropeltus Stål, 18351SpeciesTaxom
Trapezonotus Fieber, 18076SpeciesTaxom
Tropidothorax Bergroth, 02SpeciesTaxom
Tropistethus Fieber, 18462SpeciesTaxom
Xanthochilus Stål, 17981SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Belgium
159 Species and 22 Subspecies
Acompus rufipes Wolff, 1804
Aellopus atratus Goeze, 1778
Aphanus rolandri Douglas-&-Scott, 1868
Arocatus longiceps Stål, 1872Plane Tree Bug
Arocatus melanocephalus Fabricius, 1798Elm Seed Bug
Arocatus roeselii Schilling, 1829
Belonochilus numenius Say, 1832Sycamore Seed Bug
Beosus maritimus Fieber, 1861
Berytinus (Berytinus) clavipes Fabricius, 1775
Berytinus (Berytinus) hirticornis Brullé, 1835
Berytinus hirticornis hirticornis Brullé, 1836
Berytinus (Berytinus) minor Herrich-Scha..., 1835Stilt bug
Berytinus (Lizinus) crassipes Herrich-Scha..., 1835
Berytinus (Lizinus) montivagus Meyer-Dür, 1841
Berytinus (Lizinus) signoreti Fieber, 1859
Berytus minor Herrich-Scha..., 1835
Bogdiana myrmica Kerzhner, 1964
Camptotelus lineolatus lineolatus Schilling, 1829
Chilacis typhae Perris, 1857Bulrush Bug
Cymus aurescens Distant, 1883
Cymus claviculus Fallen, 1807
Cymus glandicolor Hahn, 1831
Cymus melanocephalus Fieber, 1861
Dieuches armatipes Walker, 1872
Dimorphopterus spinolae Horváth, 1882
Drymus (Drymus) pilicornis Mulsant & Rey, 1852
Drymus (Sylvadrymus) brunneus Sahlberg F., 1848Seed bug
Drymus brunneus brunneus R.F. Sahlberg, 1848
Drymus (Sylvadrymus) pumilio Puton, 1878
Drymus (Sylvadrymus) ryeii Douglas & Scott, 1865
Drymus (Sylvadrymus) sylvaticus Fabricius, 1775
Emblethis denticollis Horváth, 1878
Emblethis griseus Wolff, 1802
Emblethis verbasci Fabricius, 1803
Eremocoris abietis Linnaeus, 1758
Eremocoris abietis abietis Linnaeus, 1758
Eremocoris borealis Dallas, 1852
Eremocoris erraticus (Fabricius, 1794)⇒ Eremocoris abietis Linnaeus, 1758
Eremocoris fenestratus Herrich-Schä..., 1839
Eremocoris plebejus Fallen, 1807
Eremocoris podagricus Fabricius, 1775
Gampsocoris punctipes Gmelin, 1822
Gampsocoris punctipes punctipes Germar, 1822
Gastrodes abietum Bergroth, 1914Spruce bug
Gastrodes grossipes De Geer, 1773Pine Cone Bug
Gastrodes grossipes grossipes De Geer, 1773
Geocoris (Geocoris) ater Fabricius, 1787
Geocoris (Geocoris) grylloides Linnaeus, 1761
Geocoris (Geocoris) megacephalus Rossi, 1790
Geocoris pallidipennis pallidipennis A. Costa, 1843
Gonianotus marginepunctatus Wolff, 1804
Graptopeltus lynceus Fabricius, 1775
Graptostethus servus Fabricius, 1787Lygaeid bug
Henestaris laticeps laticeps Curtis, 1836
Heterogaster artemisiae Schilling, 1829
Heterogaster cathariae Geoffroy, 1785
Heterogaster urticae Fabricius, 1775Nettle Ground Bug
Horvathiolus superbus Pollich, 1779
Ischnocoris angustulatus Boheman, 1853
Ischnocoris angustulus Boheman, 1852
Ischnocoris hemipterus Schilling, 1829
Ischnocoris punctulatus Fieber, 1861
Ischnodemus sabuleti Fallen, 1826European chinch bug
Kleidocerys ericae Horváth, 1908
Kleidocerys privignus Horváth, 1894
Kleidocerys resedae Panzer, 1797Birch Catkin Bug
Kleidocerys resedae resedae Panzer, 1797
Kleidocerys truncatulus ericae Walker, 1872
Lamproplax picea Flor, 1860
Lamproplax piceus G.Flor, 1860
Lasiosomus enervis Herrich-Scha..., 1835
Leipsanon reticulatum Handlirsch, 1906
Lizinus crassipes Herrich-Schä..., 1835
Lizinus montivagus Meyer & Dür, 1841
Lizinus signoreti Fieber, 1859
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
Macrodema microptera Curtis, 1836
Macrodema micropterum (Curtis, 1836)⇒ Macrodema microptera Curtis, 1836
Macroplax preyssleri Fieber, 1837
Megalonotus antennatus Schilling, 1829
Megalonotus chiragra (Thomson, 1870)⇒ Megalonotus chiragrus Thomson, 1870
Megalonotus chiragrus Thomson, 1870
Megalonotus dilatatus Herrich-Scha..., 1840
Megalonotus emarginatus Rey, 1888
Megalonotus hirsutus Fieber, 1861
Megalonotus praetextatus Herrich-Scha..., 1835
Megalonotus sabulicola Thomson, 1870Seed bug
Megalonotus sabulicolus Thomson, 1870
Melanocoryphus albomaculatus Goeze, 1778
Metacanthus (Metacanthus) meridionalis Costa, 1843
Metacanthus elegans (Costa, 1847)⇒ Metacanthus meridionalis Costa, 1843
Metatropis rufescens Herrich-Scha..., 1835
Metopoplax ditomoides Costa, 1843Seed bug
Metopoplax fuscinervis Stål, 1872
Neides tipularius Linnaeus, 1758
Nithecus jacobaeae Schilling, 1829
Notochilus limbatus Fieber, 1870
Nysius (Macroparius) cymoides Spinola, 1837
Nysius (Macroparius) graminicola Kolenati, 1846
Nysius graminicola graminicola Kolenati, 1845
Nysius (Macroparius) helveticus Herrich-Scha..., 1850
Nysius helveticus helveticus
Nysius (Nysius) ericae Schilling, 1829False chinch bug
Nysius ericae ericae Schilling, 1829
Nysius (Nysius) thymi Wolff, 1804Lygaeid bug
Nysius thymi thymi Wolff, 1804
Nysius (Tropinysius) senecionis Schilling, 1829
Nysius senecionis senecionis Schilling, 1829
Nysius huttoni White, 1878Wheat bug
Orsillus depressus Dallas, 1852
Ortholomus punctipennis Herrich-Scha..., 1838
Oxycarenus (Oxycarenus) lavaterae Fabricius, 1787
Oxycarenus (Oxycarenus) modestus Fallen, 1829
Oxycarenus preyssleri Fieber, 1836
Pachybrachius fracticollis Schilling, 1829
Pachybrachius lurides Hahn, 1826
Pachybrachius luridus Hahn, 1826Fir
Parapiesma quadratum Fieber, 1844Beet bug
Peritrechus angusticollis Sahlberg, 1848
Peritrechus convivus Stål, 1851Seed bug
Peritrechus distinguendus (Flor, 1860)⇒ Peritrechus convivus Stål, 1851
Peritrechus geniculatus Hahn, 1832
Peritrechus gracilicornis Puton, 1877
Peritrechus lundi (Gmelin, 1789)⇒ Peritrechus lundii Gmelin, 1790
Peritrechus lundii Gmelin, 1790
Peritrechus nubilus Fallen, 1807
Piesma (Piesma) maculatum Laporte, 1833Spinach beet bug
Piesma capitata Wolff, 1804
Piesma maculata Lap, 1804
Piezoscelis staphylinus Rambur, 1839
Pionosomus varius Wolff, 1804
Platyplax salviae Schilling, 1829
Plinthisus (Plinthisomus) pusillus Scholtz, 1847
Plinthisus (Plinthisus) brevipennis Latreille, 1807Seed bug
Plociomerus fracticollis Schilling, 1829
Pterotmetus staphyliniformis Schilling, 1829
Raglius alboacuminatus Goeze, 1778Dirt-colored seed bug
Raglius vulgaris Schilling, 1829Seed bug
Rhyparochromus (Rhyparochromus) phoeniceus Rossi, 1794
Rhyparochromus (Rhyparochromus) pini Linnaeus, 1758
Rhyparochromus (Rhyparochromus) vulgaris Schilling, 1829
Rhyparochromus (Xanthochilus) quadratus (Fabricius, 1798)⇒ Xanthochilus quadratus Fabricius, 1798
Scolopostethus affinis Schilling, 1829
Scolopostethus decoratus Hahn, 1833
Scolopostethus grandis Hovath, 1881
Scolopostethus pictus Schilling, 1829
Scolopostethus pilosus Reuter, 1881
Scolopostethus pilosus pilosus Reuter, 1875
Scolopostethus puberulus Horváth, 1887
Scolopostethus thomsoni Reuter, 1874Dwarf mountain lupine
Sphragisticus nebulosus Fallen, 1807Dirt-Colored Seed Bug
Spilostethus pandurus Scopoli, 1763
Spilostethus pandurus militaris Fabricius, 1775
Spilostethus saxatilis Scopoli, 1763Cretan soldier
Spilostethus saxatilis saxatilis
Stygnocoris fuligineus Geoffroy, 1785
Stygnocoris pedestris (Fallen, 1807)⇒ Stygnocoris sabulosus Schilling, 1829
Stygnocoris rusticus Fallen, 1807
Stygnocoris sabulosus Schilling, 1829Hairy Groundbug
Taphropeltus contractus Herrich-Scha..., 1835
Trapezonotus (Gnopherus) ullrichi Fieber, 1837
Trapezonotus (Trapezonotus) arenarius Linnaeus, 1758
Trapezonotus arenarius arenarius Linnaeus, 1758
Trapezonotus (Trapezonotus) desertus Seidenstcker, 1951
Trapezonotus (Trapezonotus) dispar Stål, 1872
Trapezonotus agrestis (Fallen, 1807)⇒ Trapezonotus arenarius Linnaeus, 1758
Tropidothorax leucopterus Goeze, 1778
Tropidothorax leucopterus leucopterus
Tropistethus holosericeus Scholtz, 1847
Tropistethus holosericus Scholtz, 1846
Xanthochilus quadratus Fabricius, 1798

Subnodes of Lygaeoidea with occurrences in Belgium
FamilyArtheneidae
Stål, 1872
2
1
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyBerytidae
Fieber, 1851
stilt bug, Stilt bugs, Stiltbugs
7
15
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyBlissidae
Stål, 1862
Chinch Bugs
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyCymidae
Baerensprung, 1860
1
4
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyGeocoridae
Baerensprung, 1860
Big-eyed Bugs
2
5
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyHeterogastridae
Stål, 1872
2
4
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyLygaeidae
Schilling, 1829
Chinch bugs, Ground bugs, Groundbugs, Milkweed Bug, Milkweed bugs, Seed bugs, True seed bugs
14
30
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyOxycarenidae
Stål, 1862
6
9
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyPiesmatidae
Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843
ash grey leaf bug, Ash-gray Leaf Bugs, Ash-grey leaf bugs
2
4
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyRhyparochromidae
Amyot & Serville, 1843
Dirt-colored Seed Bugs, Seed Bug, Seed bugs
32
85
Genera
Species

Taxom



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