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Checklist for Superfamily Lygaeoidea Schilling, 1829
and region Malawi (East Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
327
3787
9641
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
327
3787
9641
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
308
3697
9443
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Paraneoptera
Martynov, 1923
46
203
401
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hemiptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Aphids, Bugs, Cicadas, Hemipterans, Hoppers, True bugs
41
194
391
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Heteroptera
Latreille, 1810
Bugs, Gerrids, Heteropterans, True bugs
12
77
220
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Pentatomomorpha
Leston & al., 1954
8
19
28
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Lygaeoidea
Schilling, 1829
3
9
18
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Malawi
3 Families width 18 Species
Lygaeidae Schilling, 1829Chinch bugs7SpeciesTaxom
Rhyparochromidae Amyot & Serv..., 1843Dirt-colored Seed Bugs10SpeciesTaxom
Blissidae Stål, 1862Chinch Bugs1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Malawi
9 Genera with 18 Species
Arocatus Spinola, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Aulacopeltus Stål, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Blissiella Slater, 19641SpeciesTaxom
Dieuches Dohrn, 19738SpeciesTaxom
Graptostethus Stål, 17872SpeciesTaxom
Ischnodemus Fieber, 19641SpeciesTaxom
Lanchnophorus Reuter, 18602SpeciesTaxom
Naphiellus Scudder, 19181SpeciesTaxom
Spilostethus Stål, 1874Milkweed bugs1SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Malawi
18 Species
Arocatus suboeneus Montandon, 1893
Aulacopeltus minor Distant, 1903
Blissiella castanea Slater & J.A., 1964
Dieuches africanus Distant, 1918
Dieuches laticeps Eyles, 1973
Dieuches lilliputanus A.Eyles, 1973
Dieuches neavei Eyles, 1973
Dieuches parallelus Eyles, 1973
Dieuches relatus Distant & W.L., 1901
Dieuches scioensis Lethierry, 1881
Dieuches triangulus Eyles, 1973
Graptostethus grandis Distant, 1901
Graptostethus servus Fabricius, 1787Lygaeid bug
Ischnodemus castaneus Slater, 1964
Lanchnophorus flavus Scudder, 1971
Lanchnophorus singalensis Dohrn & F.A., 1860
Naphiellus ferrugineus Distant, 1918
Spilostethus macilentus Stål, 1874

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

Taxom

FamilyLygaeidae
Schilling, 1829
Chinch bugs, Ground bugs, Groundbugs, Milkweed Bug, Milkweed bugs, Seed bugs, True seed bugs
6
7
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyRhyparochromidae
Amyot & Serville, 1843
Dirt-colored Seed Bugs, Seed Bug, Seed bugs
2
10
Genera
Species

Taxom



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