| | | Distribution path and Subregions of South America (More Checklists) | Path: | Continents - America - South America | Subregions: | Argentina (Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Corrientes, Entre Rios, Jujuy, Mendoza, North Argentina, Salta, Santa Cruz, Santa Fé Province, South Argentina, Tierra del Fuego, Tucumán), Bolivia, Brazil (Central Brazil, North Brazil, Northeast Brazil, South Brazil, Southeast Brazil, West Central Brazil), Chile, Colombia (Bogota), Ecuador (Galápagos, Pichincha), French Guiana (Cayenne), Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Southern South America, Surinam, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela |
| Taxonomy for Heteroptera (True bugs) in South America | Class South America | Insecta (Linnaeus, 1758) (Insects) - Systematics 879 families, 20255 genera, 142109 species | Tree
| Subclass South America | Pterygota (Lang, 1888) (Winged insects) 863 families, 20184 genera, 141986 species | Tree
| Infraclass South America | Neoptera (Van Der Wulp, 1890) (Wing-folding insects) 793 families, 19845 genera, 140520 species | Tree
| Superorder South America | Paraneoptera (Martynov, 1923) 185 families, 2529 genera, 11673 species | Tree
| Order South America | Hemiptera (Linnaeus, 1758) (Hemipterans) - Systematics 125 families, 2151 genera, 9766 species | Tree
| Suborder South America | Heteroptera (Latreille, 1810) (True bugs) 47 families, 493 genera, 1767 species | Site Tree
| Families | 121 worldwide | Genera | 7.388 worldwide | Species | 43.422 worldwide | Common names | True bugs, Bugs, Gerrids | German names | Wanzen | Dutch names | Wantsen | Finnish names | Luteet | Norwegian names | Teger | Swedish names | Skinnbaggar | Italian names | Cimici | French names | Hétéroptères, Punaises | Author | Latreille, 1810 | Distribution | Continents:
Eurasia (Asia, Europe, Russia, Caucasus)
America (North America, South America, Central America, Caribbean)
Africa (East Africa, Southern Africa, Central Africa, North Africa, West Africa)
Oceania (Australasia, Polynesia, Melanesia, Micronesia)
Antarctica (Antarctic Islands)
Ecozones:
Palaearctic (West Palaearctic, East Palaearctic)
Nearctic, Afrotropical, Neotropical, Indo-Australian region (Oriental, Malesia)
Fossils:
Cenozoic (Paleogene, Neogene, Quaternary)
Paleozoic (Permian, Ordovician, Carboniferous, Silurian, Devonian)
Mesozoic (Cretaceous, Jurassic, Triassic)
World Oceans:
Pacific Ocean (Pacific Islands)
Atlantic Ocean (British overseas territory Atlantic)
Indian Ocean
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| Infraorder South America | Cimicomorpha (Leston & Al., 1954) (Thaumastocorid bugs) 10 families, 180 genera, 835 species | Infraorder South America | Dipsocoromorpha (Miyamoto, 1961) 1 family, 1 genus, 1 species | Infraorder South America | Enicocephalomorpha (Stichel, 1955) 1 family, 2 genera, 2 species | Infraorder South America | Gerromorpha (Popov, 1971) (Shore-inhabiting bugs) 5 families, 22 genera, 57 species | Infraorder South America | Leptopodomorpha (Popov, 1971) (Leptopodid bugs) 2 families, 6 genera, 9 species | Infraorder South America | Nepomorpha (Popov, 1971) (Aquatic bugs) 9 families, 31 genera, 123 species | Infraorder South America | Pentatomomorpha (Leston & Al., 1954) 19 families, 251 genera, 742 species |
Family overview for Heteroptera (True bugs) in South America
| | Alydidae (Amyot & Serville, 1843) - 11 Species | Broad-headed bugs | Anthocoridae (Fieber, 1837) - 20 Species | Minute pirate bugs | Aradidae (Spinola, 1837) - 11 Species | Flat bugs | | Belostomatidae (Leach, 1815) - 72 Species | Fleas | Berytidae (Fieber, 1851) - 13 Species | Stilt bugs | | Cimicidae (Latreille, 1802) - 8 Species | Bed bugs | Coreidae (Leach, 1815) - 465 Species | Squash bugs | Corixidae (Leach, 1815) - 12 Species | Water boatman | Cydnidae (Billberg, 1820) - 18 Species | Burrower bugs | Cymidae (Baerensprung, 1860) - 5 Species | | Enicocephalidae (Stål, 1860) - 2 Species | Gnat bug | | Gelastocoridae (Kirkaldy, 1897) - 3 Species | Toad bugs | Geocoridae (Baerensprung, 1860) - 3 Species | Big-eyed Bugs | Gerridae (Leach, 1815) - 15 Species | Water spiders | | Hebridae (Amyot & Serville, 1843) - 6 Species | Velvet water bugs | Hydrometridae (Billberg, 1820) - 4 Species | Water measures | | Largidae (Amyot & Serville, 1843) - 8 Species | Bordered plant bugs | Leptopodidae (Amyot & Serville, 1843) - 1 Species | Spiny shore bugs | Lygaeidae (Schilling, 1829) - 52 Species | Milkweed bugs | | Mesoveliidae (Douglas & Scott, 1867) - 12 Species | Water treaders | Micronectidae (Jaczewski, 1924) - 2 Species | Miridae (Hahn, 1831) - 109 Species | Grass bugs | | Nabidae (Costa, 1852) - 11 Species | Damsel bugs | Naucoridae (Leach, 1815) - 11 Species | Creeping water bugs | Nepidae (Latreille, 1802) - 10 Species | Water stick insects | Ninidae (Barber, 1956) - 1 Species | Notonectidae (Latreille, 1802) - 9 Species | Greater water boatman | | Ochteridae (Kirkaldy, 1906) - 3 Species | Velvety shore bugs | | Pachygronthidae (Stål, 1865) - 3 Species | Pachymeridiidae (Handlirsch, 1906) - 1 Species | Pentatomidae (Leach, 1815) - 74 Species | Terrestrial turtle bugs | Piesmatidae (Amyot & Audinet-serville, 1843) - 1 Species | Ash-grey leaf bugs | Pleidae (Fieber, 1817) - 1 Species | Pygmy backswimmers | Plokiophilidae (China, 1953) - 1 Species | Polyctenidae (Westwood, 1874) - 2 Species | Bat bugs | Pyrrhocoridae (Dohrn, 1859) - 9 Species | Cotton stainers | | Reduviidae (Latreille, 1807) - 91 Species | Assassin bugs | Rhopalidae (Amyot & Serville, 1843) - 14 Species | Scentless plant bugs | Rhyparochromidae (Amyot & Serville, 1843) - 26 Species | Seed bugs | | Saldidae (Amyot & Serville, 1843) - 8 Species | Shore bugs | Schizopteridae (Reuter, 1891) - 1 Species | Jumping ground bugs | Scutelleridae (Leach, 1815) - 18 Species | Shield-backed bugs | | Tessaratomidae (Stål, 1864) - 3 Species | Tessaratomids | Thaumastocoridae (Kirkaldy, 1908) - 1 Species | Royal palm bugs | Thyreocoridae (Amyot & Serville, 1843) - 7 Species | Black bugs | Tingidae (Laporte, 1832) - 591 Species | Lace bugs | | Veliidae (Amyot & Serville, 1843) - 20 Species | Smaller water striders | Vianaididae (Kormilev, 1955) - 1 Species | 48 Families with 1770 Species in South America
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| | Taxonomy | Class | Insecta Insects, True insects | Subclass | Pterygota Winged insects | Infraclass | Neoptera Wing-folding insects | Superorder | Paraneoptera | Order | Hemiptera Hemipterans, True bugs, Cicadas, Aphids, Hoppers, Allies, Bugs | Suborder | Heteroptera True bugs, Bugs, Gerrids | Author | Latreille, 1810 | | Synonyms | Amphibicorizae Geocorisae (Vervoort, 1949) Geocorizae Hydrocorizae |
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