Lygaeoidea

Lygaeoidea

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Cladus: Allotriocarida
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Paraneoptera
Superordo: Condylognatha
Ordo: Hemiptera
Subordo: Heteroptera
Infraordo: Pentatomomorpha
Superfamilia: Lygaeoidea
Familiae (16): Artheneidae - Berytidae - Blissidae - Colobathristidae - Cryptorhamphidae - Cymidae - Geocoridae - Heterogastridae - Lygaeidae - Malcidae - Meschiidae - Ninidae - Oxycarenidae - Pachygronthidae - Piesmatidae - Rhyparochromidae

[source: Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist, plus (3) Colobathristidae - Cryptorhamphidae - Meschiidae]

Name

Lygaeoidea Schilling, 1829

Synonyms

• Piesmatoidea

References

Primary references

• Schilling, P.S. 1829. Hemiptera Heteroptera Silesiae systematice disposuit. In: Beiträge zur Entomologie, besonders in bezug auf die schlesische Fauna, verfasst und herausgegeben von den Mitgliedern der Entomologischen Section der Schlesischen Gesellschaft für vaterländische Kultur, Heft 1: 34–92, Tab. A & I VIII. Leopold Voss, Bresslau. Online (with PDF available). Reference page. 

Additional references

• Ghahari, H.; Moulet, P. 2012: An annotated catalog of the Iranian Lygaeoidea (excluding Berytidae and Piesmatidae) (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomomorpha). Zootaxa 3408: 1–33. Preview Reference page. 
• Henry, T.J. 1997: Phylogenetic analysis of family groups within the infraorder Pentatomomorpha (Hemiptera: Heteroptera), with emphasis on the Lygaeoidea. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 90: 275–301.
• Kondorosy, E. & Rédei, D. 2015. Lectotype designations and taxonomic corrections on species of Lygaeoidea (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) described by Gustav Breddin. Zootaxa 3964(1): 101–113. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3964.1.7. ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Swanson, D.R., Taylor, S.J. & Heads, S.W. 2017. Nine true bugs (Heteroptera) newly-discovered in Illinois. Zootaxa 4269(4): 571–585. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4269.4.10. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

suomi: Varjoluteet
עברית: פנדוריים
日本語: ナガカメムシ上科

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