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Checklist for Superfamily Lygaeoidea Schilling, 1829
and region Tunisia (North Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
359
2886
6688
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
358
2883
6685
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
350
2865
6666
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Paraneoptera
Martynov, 1923
80
495
858
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hemiptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Aphids, Bugs, Cicadas, Hemipterans, Hoppers, True bugs
64
467
806
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Heteroptera
Latreille, 1810
Bugs, Gerrids, Heteropterans, True bugs
31
220
391
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Pentatomomorpha
Leston & al., 1954
19
117
185
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Lygaeoidea
Schilling, 1829
11
68
125
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Tunisia
11 Families width 125 Species and 21 Subspecies
Rhyparochromidae Amyot & Serv..., 1843Dirt-colored Seed Bugs31SpeciesTaxom
Berytidae Fieber, 1851Stilt bug12SpeciesTaxom
Lygaeidae Schilling, 1829Chinch bugs27SpeciesTaxom
Artheneidae Stål, 18724SpeciesTaxom
Blissidae Stål, 1862Chinch Bugs3SpeciesTaxom
Oxycarenidae Stål, 186217SpeciesTaxom
Cymidae Baerensprung, 18604SpeciesTaxom
Pachygronthidae Stål, 18651SpeciesTaxom
Geocoridae Baerensprung, 1860Big-eyed Bugs18SpeciesTaxom
Heterogastridae Stål, 18725SpeciesTaxom
Piesmatidae Amyot & Audi..., 1843Ash grey leaf bug3SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Tunisia
68 Genera with 125 Species
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Acompus Fieber, 19291SpeciesTaxom
Aellopus Wolff, 17781SpeciesTaxom
Aphanus Laporte, 18681SpeciesTaxom
Apoplymus Fieber, 18591SpeciesTaxom
Apterola Mulsant & Rey, 03SpeciesTaxom
Arocatus Spinola, 18291SpeciesTaxom
Artheneidea Kiričenko, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Artheneis Spinola, 18372SpeciesTaxom
Berytinus Kirkaldy, 18748SpeciesTaxom
Blissus Burmeister, 1835Chinch Bugs1SpeciesTaxom
Brachyplax Fieber, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Bycanistellus Reuter, 18721SpeciesTaxom
Caenocoris Fieber, 18471SpeciesTaxom
Camptocoris Puton, 18741SpeciesTaxom
Cosmopleurus Stål, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Cymodema Spinola, 18371SpeciesTaxom
Cymophyes Fieber, 18721SpeciesTaxom
Cymus Hahn, 18613SpeciesTaxom
Dieuches Dohrn, 17942SpeciesTaxom
Dimorphopterus Stål, 18391SpeciesTaxom
Drymus Fieber, 18971SpeciesTaxom
Emblethis Fieber, 18031SpeciesTaxom
Engistus Fieber, 19114SpeciesTaxom
Eremocoris Fieber, 18071SpeciesTaxom
Gampsocoris Fuss, 18221SpeciesTaxom
Geocoris Fallen, 0Big-eyed Bug14SpeciesTaxom
Heterogaster Schilling, 17753SpeciesTaxom
Holcocranum Fieber, 18451SpeciesTaxom
Horvathiolus Josifov, 19164SpeciesTaxom
Ischnodemus Fieber, 18371SpeciesTaxom
Kleidocerys Stephens, 19081SpeciesTaxom
Leptodemus cf Zelinka, 18761SpeciesTaxom
Lethaeus Dallas, 02SpeciesTaxom
Lygaeosoma Spinola, 18872SpeciesTaxom
Lygaeus Fabricius, 18992SpeciesTaxom
Macroplax Fieber, 18351SpeciesTaxom
Macropternella Slater, 18524SpeciesTaxom
Megalonotus Fieber, 19111SpeciesTaxom
Melanotelus Reuter, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Metopoplax Fieber, 18453SpeciesTaxom
Microplax Klapálek, 18374SpeciesTaxom
Microtomideus Reuter, 18611SpeciesTaxom
Neides Latreille, 18591SpeciesTaxom
Neurocladus Fieber, 18511SpeciesTaxom
Nysius Dallas, 1872False Chinch Bug6SpeciesTaxom
Orsillus Dallas, 18712SpeciesTaxom
Ortholomus Stal, 19321SpeciesTaxom
Oxycarenus Fieber, 17873SpeciesTaxom
Paranysius Horváth, 18983SpeciesTaxom
Parapiesma Péricart, 19062SpeciesTaxom
Peritrechus Fieber, 18772SpeciesTaxom
Piesma Lepeletier a..., 18041SpeciesTaxom
Piezoscelis Fieber, 18391SpeciesTaxom
Platyplax Fieber, 18292SpeciesTaxom
Plinthisus Westwood, 18764SpeciesTaxom
Proderus Fieber, 18411SpeciesTaxom
Raglius Stål, 18351SpeciesTaxom
Rhyparochromus Hahn, 1790Ground-Bug1SpeciesTaxom
Scolopostethus Fieber, 18331SpeciesTaxom
Spilostethus Stål, 1763Milkweed bugs4SpeciesTaxom
Stenophthalmicus A. Costa, 18782SpeciesTaxom
Taphropeltus Stål, 18612SpeciesTaxom
Tethallotrum Scudder, 18861SpeciesTaxom
Thaumastopus Fieber, 18491SpeciesTaxom
Trapezonotus Fieber, 18371SpeciesTaxom
Tropistethus Fieber, 18872SpeciesTaxom
Xanthochilus Stål, 17901SpeciesTaxom
Yemma Horváth, 19841SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Tunisia
125 Species and 21 Subspecies
Acompus laticeps Ribaut, 1929
Aellopus atratus Goeze, 1778
Aphanus rolandri Douglas-&-Scott, 1868
Apoplymus pectoralis Fieber, 1859
Apterola (Apterola) kuenckeli Mulsant & Rey, 1866
Apterola (Apterola) kunckeli Mulsant & Rey, 1866
Apterola kunckeli kunckeli
Arocatus roeselii Schilling, 1829
Artheneidea tenuicornis Kiritchenko, 1914
Artheneis alutacea Fieber, 1861
Artheneis foveolata Spinola, 1837
Berytinus (Berytinus) clavipes Fabricius, 1775
Berytinus hirticornis hirticornis Brullé, 1836
Berytinus (Lizinus) distinguendus Ferrari, 1874
Berytinus (Lizinus) geniculatus Horváth, 1885
Berytinus (Lizinus) montivagus Meyer-Dür, 1841
Berytinus (Lizinus) setipennis Saunders, 1876
Berytinus (Lizinus) signoreti Fieber, 1859
Berytinus (Lizinus) striola Ferrari, 1874
Blissus hirtulus Burmeister, 1835
Brachyplax tenuis Mulsant & Rey, 1852
Bycanistellus naso Stål, 1872
Caenocoris (Caenocoris) nerii Germar, 1847
Camptocoris longicornis Puton, 1874
Cosmopleurus fulvipes Dallas, 1852
Cymodema tabida tabida Spinola, 1837
Cymophyes decolor Stål, 1872
Cymus claviculus Fallen, 1807
Cymus gracilicornis Vidal, 1950
Cymus melanocephalus Fieber, 1861
Dieuches armatipes Walker, 1872
Dieuches armipes Fabricius, 1794
Dimorphopterus brachypterus Rambur, 1839
Drymus (Sylvadrymus) assimilis Horváth, 1897
Emblethis verbasci Fabricius, 1803
Engistus boops boops Dufour, 1857
Engistus exsanguis conspurcatus Horvath, 1911
Engistus exsanguis exsanguis
Engistus exsanguis fasciatus Horvath, 1911
Eremocoris plebejus plebejus Fallen, 1807
Gampsocoris punctipes punctipes Germar, 1822
Geocoris (Eilatus) chloroticus Puton, 1888
Geocoris (Geocoris) cardinalis Puton, 1874
Geocoris (Geocoris) collaris Puton, 1878
Geocoris (Geocoris) hispidulus Puton, 1874
Geocoris (Geocoris) lineola Rambur, 1839
Geocoris (Geocoris) megacephalus Rossi, 1790
Geocoris pallidipennis pallidipennis A. Costa, 1843
Geocoris (Geocoris) pubescens Jakovlev, 1871
Geocoris (Piocoris) erythrocephala Lepelitier &..., 1825
Geocoris luridus luridus
Geocoris (Piocoris) nebulosus Montandon, 1907
Geocoris (Piocoris) putonianus Bergroth, 1892
Geocoris fedtschenkoi Reuter, 1885
Geocoris lineolus lineolus
Heterogaster affinis Herrich-Scha..., 1835
Heterogaster nasuta Horváth, 1895
Heterogaster urticae Fabricius, 1775Nettle Ground Bug
Holcocranum saturejae Kolenati, 1845Cattail bug
Horvathiolus fulvescens Puton, 1874
Horvathiolus gibbicollis Costa, 1882
Horvathiolus guttatus Rambur, 1839
Horvathiolus mendosus Horváth, 1916
Ischnodemus genei Spinola, 1837
Kleidocerys ericae Horváth, 1908
Leptodemus minutus Jakovlev, 1876
Lethaeus lethierryi Puton, 1869
Lethaeus lethierryi lethierryi
Lygaeosoma sardeum Spinola, 1837
Lygaeosoma sardeum numidicum Puton, 1887
Lygaeus equestris L., 1758Black-and-Red-bug
Lygaeus equestris lactans Horvath, 1899
Macroplax fasciata fasciata Herrich-Scha..., 1835
Macropternella convexa Fieber, 1837
Macropternella convexa convexa
Macropternella gibbicollis Puton, 1887
Macropternella inermis Fieber, 1852
Megalonotus parallelus Horváth, 1911
Melanotelus villosulus Stål, 1855
Metopoplax ditomoides Costa, 1843Seed bug
Metopoplax fuscinervis Stål, 1872
Metopoplax origani Kolenati, 1845
Microplax albofasciata A. Costa, 1847Seed bug
Microplax interrupta Fieber, 1837
Microplax interruptus Fieber, 1837
Microplax plagiata Fieber, 1837
Microtomideus leucodermus Fieber, 1861
Neides aduncus Fieber, 1859
Neurocladus brachiidens Dufour, 1851
Nysius (Macroparius) cymoides Spinola, 1837
Nysius (Macroparius) graminicola Kolenati, 1846
Nysius graminicola graminicola Kolenati, 1845
Nysius (Nysius) ericae Schilling, 1829False chinch bug
Nysius ericae ericae Schilling, 1829
Nysius immunis Walker, 1872
Orsillus depressus Dallas, 1852
Orsillus reyi Puton, 1871
Ortholomus carinatus Lindberg, 1932
Oxycarenus (Euoxycarenus) pallens Herrich-Schä..., 1850
Oxycarenus (Oxycarenus) hyalinipennis Costa, 1843Cotton pest
Oxycarenus (Oxycarenus) lavaterae Fabricius, 1787
Paranysius australis Linnavuori, 1978
Paranysius fallaciosus fallaciosus
Paranysius perplexus Puton, 1898
Parapiesma atriplicis Frey Gessner, 1863
Parapiesma rotundatum Horváth, 1906
Peritrechus geniculatus Hahn, 1832
Peritrechus gracilicornis Puton, 1877
Piesma maculata Lap, 1804
Piezoscelis staphylinus Rambur, 1839
Platyplax inermis Rambur, 1839
Platyplax salviae Schilling, 1829
Plinthisus (Plinthisomus) minutissimus Fieber & F.X., 1864
Plinthisus (Plinthisus) brevipennis Latreille, 1807Seed bug
Plinthisus (Plinthisus) longicollis Fieber, 1861
Plinthisus (Plinthisus) putoni Horváth, 1876
Proderus suberythropus Costa, 1841
Raglius pineti Herrich-Scha..., 1835
Rhyparochromus (Xanthochilus) saturnius (Rossi, 1790)⇒ Xanthochilus saturnius Rossi, 1790
Scolopostethus decoratus Hahn, 1833
Spilostethus longulus Dallas, 1852
Spilostethus pandurus Scopoli, 1763
Spilostethus pandurus militaris Fabricius, 1775
Spilostethus saxatilis Scopoli, 1763Cretan soldier
Stenophthalmicus biskrensis Puton, 1887
Stenophthalmicus fajoumensis Costa, 1878
Taphropeltus contractus Herrich-Scha..., 1835
Taphropeltus nervosus Fieber, 1861
Tethallotrum heteronotus A.Puton, 1886
Thaumastopus marginicollis Lucas, 1849
Trapezonotus (Gnopherus) ullrichi Fieber, 1837
Tropistethus multilobatus Péricart, 1994
Tropistethus nitidicollis Puton, 1887
Xanthochilus saturnius Rossi, 1790Mediterranean Seed Bug
Yemma pericarti Stusak, 1984

Subnodes of Lygaeoidea with occurrences in Tunisia
FamilyArtheneidae
Stål, 1872
3
4
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyBerytidae
Fieber, 1851
stilt bug, Stilt bugs, Stiltbugs
5
12
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyBlissidae
Stål, 1862
Chinch Bugs
3
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyCymidae
Baerensprung, 1860
2
4
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyGeocoridae
Baerensprung, 1860
Big-eyed Bugs
3
18
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyHeterogastridae
Stål, 1872
2
5
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyLygaeidae
Schilling, 1829
Chinch bugs, Ground bugs, Groundbugs, Milkweed Bug, Milkweed bugs, Seed bugs, True seed bugs
15
27
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyOxycarenidae
Stål, 1862
8
17
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyPachygronthidae
Stål, 1865
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyPiesmatidae
Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843
ash grey leaf bug, Ash-gray Leaf Bugs, Ash-grey leaf bugs
2
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyRhyparochromidae
Amyot & Serville, 1843
Dirt-colored Seed Bugs, Seed Bug, Seed bugs
24
31
Genera
Species

Taxom



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