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Checklist for Superfamily Lygaeoidea Schilling, 1829
and region Tamil Nadu (South India, India)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
287
2180
4314
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
286
2178
4312
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
271
2122
4231
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Paraneoptera
Martynov, 1923
66
392
821
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hemiptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Aphids, Bugs, Cicadas, Hemipterans, Hoppers, True bugs
61
338
747
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Heteroptera
Latreille, 1810
Bugs, Gerrids, Heteropterans, True bugs
22
57
66
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Pentatomomorpha
Leston & al., 1954
13
34
38
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Lygaeoidea
Schilling, 1829
4
6
11
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Tamil Nadu
4 Families width 11 Species
Rhyparochromidae Amyot & Serv..., 1843Dirt-colored Seed Bugs2SpeciesTaxom
Geocoridae Baerensprung, 1860Big-eyed Bugs1SpeciesTaxom
Lygaeidae Schilling, 1829Chinch bugs4SpeciesTaxom
Blissidae Stål, 1862Chinch Bugs4SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Tamil Nadu
6 Genera with 11 Species
Dieuches Dohrn, 19732SpeciesTaxom
Geocoris Fallen, 1908Big-eyed Bug1SpeciesTaxom
Geocoroides Distant, 19181SpeciesTaxom
Macropes Motschulsky, 18594SpeciesTaxom
Oncopeltus Stål, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Spilostethus Stål, 1763Milkweed bugs2SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Tamil Nadu
11 Species
Dieuches discoguttatus Distant & W.L., 1918
Dieuches indicus Eyles, 1973
Geocoris dubreuili Montandon, 1908
Geocoroides polytretus Distant, 1918
Macropes abbreviatus Distant, 1918
Macropes consimilis Distant & W.L., 1918
Macropes consobrinus Distant & W.L., 1918
Macropes dentipes Motschulsky, 1859
Oncopeltus nigriceps Dallas, 1852
Spilostethus hospes Fabricius, 1794
Spilostethus pandurus Scopoli, 1763

Subnodes of Lygaeoidea with occurrences in Tamil Nadu
FamilyBlissidae
Stål, 1862
Chinch Bugs
1
4
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyGeocoridae
Baerensprung, 1860
Big-eyed Bugs
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyLygaeidae
Schilling, 1829
Chinch bugs, Ground bugs, Groundbugs, Milkweed Bug, Milkweed bugs, Seed bugs, True seed bugs
3
4
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyRhyparochromidae
Amyot & Serville, 1843
Dirt-colored Seed Bugs, Seed Bug, Seed bugs
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom



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