Checklist for Superfamily Lygaeoidea Schilling, 1829
and region Southern Africa (Africa)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 754
15371
60267 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 750
15333
60124 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 715
15096
59373 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Paraneoptera
Martynov, 1923
| 159
1964
4677 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Hemiptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Aphids, Bugs, Cicadas, Hemipterans, Hoppers, True bugs | 121
1732
4204 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Heteroptera
Latreille, 1810
Bugs, Gerrids, Heteropterans, True bugs | 53
632
1413 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Pentatomomorpha
Leston & al., 1954
| 28
337
655 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Lygaeoidea
Schilling, 1829
| 12
112
306 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Southern Africa
12 Families width 306 Species and 10 Subspecies | Artheneidae Stål, 1872 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Berytidae Fieber, 1851 | Stilt bug | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Blissidae Stål, 1862 | Chinch Bugs | 24 | Species | Taxom | | Cymidae Baerensprung, 1860 | | 14 | Species | Taxom | | Geocoridae Baerensprung, 1860 | Big-eyed Bugs | 17 | Species | Taxom | | Heterogastridae Stål, 1872 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Lygaeidae Schilling, 1829 | Chinch bugs | 122 | Species | Taxom | | Malcidae Stål, 1865 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Oxycarenidae Stål, 1862 | | 14 | Species | Taxom | | Pachygronthidae Stål, 1865 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Piesmatidae Amyot & Audi..., 1843 | Ash grey leaf bug | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Rhyparochromidae Amyot & Serv..., 1843 | Dirt-colored Seed Bugs | 97 | Species | Taxom |
Subnodes of Lygaeoidea with occurrences in Southern Africa | Family | Artheneidae
Stål, 1872
| 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Berytidae
Fieber, 1851
stilt bug, Stilt bugs, Stiltbugs | 4
5 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Blissidae
Stål, 1862
Chinch Bugs | 3
24 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Cymidae
Baerensprung, 1860
| 3
14 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Geocoridae
Baerensprung, 1860
Big-eyed Bugs | 4
17 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Heterogastridae
Stål, 1872
| 1
4 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Lygaeidae
Schilling, 1829
Chinch bugs, Ground bugs, Groundbugs, Milkweed Bug, Milkweed bugs, Seed bugs, True seed bugs | 50
122 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Malcidae
Stål, 1865
| 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Oxycarenidae
Stål, 1862
| 4
14 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Pachygronthidae
Stål, 1865
| 4
5 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Piesmatidae
Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843
ash grey leaf bug, Ash-gray Leaf Bugs, Ash-grey leaf bugs | 2
2 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Rhyparochromidae
Amyot & Serville, 1843
Dirt-colored Seed Bugs, Seed Bug, Seed bugs | 35
97 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Links, sources and further information Lygaeoidea at artfakta.se
Lygaeoidea at dyntaxa.se
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