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Checklist for Superfamily Lygaeoidea Schilling, 1829
and region Kuwait (Near East)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
72
192
272
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
72
192
272
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
70
190
268
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Paraneoptera
Martynov, 1923
18
30
43
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hemiptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Aphids, Bugs, Cicadas, Hemipterans, Hoppers, True bugs
18
30
43
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Heteroptera
Latreille, 1810
Bugs, Gerrids, Heteropterans, True bugs
10
18
23
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Pentatomomorpha
Leston & al., 1954
9
17
22
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Lygaeoidea
Schilling, 1829
5
8
10
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Kuwait
5 Families width 10 Species and 1 Subspecies
Lygaeidae Schilling, 1829Chinch bugs3SpeciesTaxom
Pachygronthidae Stål, 18651SpeciesTaxom
Geocoridae Baerensprung, 1860Big-eyed Bugs3SpeciesTaxom
Blissidae Stål, 1862Chinch Bugs1SpeciesTaxom
Oxycarenidae Stål, 18622SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Kuwait
8 Genera with 10 Species
Camptocoris Puton, 18741SpeciesTaxom
Cymophyes Fieber, 19531SpeciesTaxom
Engistus Fieber, 01SpeciesTaxom
Geocoris Fallen, 1881Big-eyed Bug2SpeciesTaxom
Ischnodemus Fieber, 18711SpeciesTaxom
Leptodemus cf Zelinka, 18761SpeciesTaxom
Macropternella Slater, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Spilostethus Stål, 1763Milkweed bugs2SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Kuwait
10 Species and 1 Subspecies
Camptocoris longicornis Puton, 1874
Cymophyes essabchana Seidenstücker, 1953
Engistus exsanguis exsanguis
Geocoris (Eilatus) chloroticus Puton, 1888
Geocoris (Geocoris) acuticeps Signoret, 1881
Ischnodemus caspius Jakovlev, 1871
Leptodemus minutus Jakovlev, 1876
Macropternella inermis Fieber, 1852
Spilostethus longulus Dallas, 1852
Spilostethus pandurus Scopoli, 1763

Subnodes of Lygaeoidea with occurrences in Kuwait
FamilyBlissidae
Stål, 1862
Chinch Bugs
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyGeocoridae
Baerensprung, 1860
Big-eyed Bugs
2
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyLygaeidae
Schilling, 1829
Chinch bugs, Ground bugs, Groundbugs, Milkweed Bug, Milkweed bugs, Seed bugs, True seed bugs
2
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyOxycarenidae
Stål, 1862
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyPachygronthidae
Stål, 1865
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom



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