Hemiptera

Author: David Cuesta Segura, Manuel Baena Ruíz & David Mifsud

The most recent checklist of this group is that produced by Cuesta Segura et al. (2010) and where all previous published information on the group with relevance to the Maltese species is included. The group is locally represented by 223 species. The checklist which follows is taken from Cuesta Segura et al. (2010).

Cited literature: Cuesta Segura, D.Baena Ruiz, M. & Mifsud, D. (2010) New records of errestrial bugs from the Maltese Islands with an updated list of Maltese Heteroptera (Insecta: Hemiptera). Bulletin of the Entomological Society of Malta, Vol. 3: 19-39.

Last Updated: February 2011

Aquatic Heteroptera

CORIXIDAE

  • Corixa affinis Leach, 1817
  • Sigara lateralis (Leach, 1817)
  • Sigara nigrolineata nigrolineata (Fieber, 1848)

GERRIDAE

  • Gerris thoracicus Schummel, 1832

MESOVELIIDAE

  • Mesovelia vittigera Horvath, 1895

NEPIDAE

  • Nepa cinerea Linnaeus, 1758
  • Ranatra linearis (Linnaeus, 1758)

NOTONECTIDAE

  • Anisops sardeus sardeus Herrich-Schaeffer, 1849
  • Notonecta glauca glauca Linnaeus, 1758
  • Notonecta maculata Fabricius, 1794

PLEIDAE

  • Plea minutissima minutissima Leach, 1817

VELIIDAE

  • Microvelia pygmaea (Dufour, 1833)
  • Velia muelleri Tamanini, 1947


Terrestrial Heteroptera

ALYDIDAE

  • Camptopus lateralis (Germar, 1817)
  • Micrelytra fossularum (Rossi, 1790)

ANTHOCORIDAE

  • Anthocoris nemoralis (Fabricius, 1794)
  • Anthocoris nemorum (Linnaeus, 1761)
  • Brachysteles parvicornis (A. Costa, 1847)
  • Cardiastethus nazarenus Reuter, 1884
  • Dufouriellus ater (Dufour, 1833)
  • Dysepicritus rufescens (A. Costa, 1847)
  • Lyctocoris campestris (Fabricius, 1794)
  • Montandoniola moraguesi (Puton, 1896)
  • Orius laevigatus laevigatus (Fieber, 1860)
  • Orius niger (Wolff, 1811)
  • Orius pallidicornis (Reuter, 1884)
  • Xylocoris cursitans (Fallen, 1807)
  • Xylocoris galactinus (Fieber, 1836)
  • Xylocoris obliquus A.Costa, 1853

BERYTIDAE

  • Berytinus montivagus (Meyer-Dur, 1841)
  • Berytinus setipennis (Saunders, 1876)

CIMICIDAE

  • Cimex lectularius Linnaeus, 1758

COREIDAE

  • Anoplocerus luteus (Fieber, 1861)
  • Arenocoris fallenii (Schilling, 1829)
  • Arenocoris intermedius (Jakovlev, 1883)
  • Arenocoris waltlii (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1834)
  • Centrocoris variegatus Kolenati, 1845
  • Coriomeris hirticornis (Fabricius, 1794)
  • Haploprocta sulcicornis (Fabricius, 1794)
  • Loxocnemis dentator (Fabricius, 1794)
  • Prionotylus brevicornis (Mulsant & Rey, 1852)
  • Strobilotoma typhaecornis (Fabricius, 1803)

CYDNIDAE

  • Aethus pilosus (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1834)
  • Byrsinus albipennis (A. Costa, 1853)
  • Byrsinus flavicornis (Fabricius, 1794)
  • Byrsinus fuscipes (Mulsant & Rey, 1866)
  • Byrsinus pilosulus (Klug, 1845)
  • Canthophorus melanopterus melanopterus (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1835)
  • Crocistethus waltlianus (Fieber, 1837)
  • Cydnus aterrimus (Forster, 1771)
  • Geotomus punctulatus (A. Costa, 1847)
  • Macroscytus brunneus (Fabricius, 1803)
  • Sehirus morio (Linnaeus, 1761)

LEPTOPODIDAE

  • Patapius spinosus (Rossi, 1790)

LYGAEIDAE

  • Acompus laticeps Ribaut, 1929
  • Aellopus atratus (Goeze, 1778)
  • Aphanus rolandri (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Apterola kuenckeli Mulsant & Rey, 1866
  • Artheneis foveolata Spinola 1837
  • Beosus maritimus (Scopoli, 1763)
  • Caenocoris nerii (Germar, 1847)
  • Camptocera glaberrima (Walker, 1872)
  • Cosmopleurus fulvipes (Dallas, 1852)
  • Cymodema tabida tabida Spinola, 1837
  • Dieuches armatipes (Walker, 1872)
  • Emblethis angustus Montandon, 1890
  • Emblethis denticollis Horvath, 1878
  • Emblethis duplicatus Seidenstucker, 1963
  • Emblethis griseus (Wolff, 1802)
  • Emblethis verbasci (Fabricius, 1803)
  • Engistus boops boops (Dufour, 1857)
  • Eremocoris fenestratus (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1839)
  • Geocoris acuticeps Signoret, 1881
  • Geocoris megacephalus (Rossi, 1790)
  • Henestaris laticeps laticeps (Curtis, 1836)
  • Heterogaster urticae (Fabricius, 1775)
  • Horvathiolus gibbicollis (A. Costa, 1882)
  • Horvathiolus superbus (Pollich, 1781)
  • Hyalochilus ovatulus (A. Costa, 1853)
  • Kleidocerys resedae resedae (Panzer, 1797)
  • Lamprodema maura (Fabricius, 1803)
  • Liolobus walkeri (Saunders, 1876)
  • Lygaeosoma sardeum sardeum Spinola, 1836
  • Lygaeus creticus Lucas, 1854
  • Macropternella convexa (Fieber, 1837)
  • Megalonotus puncticollis (Lucas, 1849)
  • Metopoplax ditomoides (A. Costa, 1847)
  • Microtomideus leucodermus (Fieber, 1861)
  • Neurocladus brachiidens (Dufour, 1851)
  • Nysius cymoides (Spinola, 1837)
  • Nysius ericae(Schilling, 1829)
  • Nysius graminicola (Kolenati, 1845)
  • Nysius senecionis (Schilling, 1829)
  • Nysius thymi (Wolff, 1804)
  • Orsillus reyi Puton, 1871
  • Oxycarenus hyalinipennis (A. Costa, 1843)
  • Oxycarenus lavaterae (Fabricius, 1787)
  • Paromius gracilis (Rambur, 1839)
  • Peritrechus angusticollis (Sahlberg, 1848)
  • Peritrechus meridionalis Puton, 1877
  • Proderus suberythropus (A. Costa, 1842)
  • Remaudiereana annulipes (Baerensprung, 1859)
  • Scolopostethus decoratus (Hahn, 1833)
  • Scolopostethus pictus (Schilling, 1829)
  • Spilostethus pandurus (Scopoli, 1763)
  • Taphropeltus contractus (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1835)
  • Taphropeltus nervosus (Fieber, 1861)
  • Thaumastopus marginicollis (Lucas, 1849)
  • Tropistethus holosericus (Scholtz, 1846)
  • Xanthochilus saturnius (Rossi, 1790)

MIRIDAE

  • Calocoris nemoralis (Fabricius, 1787)
  • Campyloneura virgula (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1835)
  • Capsodes gothicus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Closterotomus norwegicus (Gmelin, 1790)
  • Closterotomus trivialis (A. Costa, 1853)
  • Conostethus venustus venustus (Fieber, 1858)
  • Deraeocoris serenus (Douglas & Scott, 1868)
  • Deraeocoris flavilinea (A. Costa, 1862)
  • Deraeocoris punctum (Rambur, 1839)
  • Dicyphus albonasutus Wagner, 1951
  • Dicyphus annulatus (Wolff, 1804)
  • Dicyphus errans (Wolff, 1804)
  • Dicyphus hyalinipennis (Burmeister, 1835)
  • Dimorphocoris mutatus Seidenstucker, 1964
  • Horistus orientalis (Gmelin, 1790)
  • Liocoris tripustulatus (Fabricius, 1781)
  • Lygus pratensis (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Macrolophus melanotoma (A. Costa, 1853)
  • Macrolophus pygmaeus (Rambur, 1839)
  • Macrotylus atricapillus (Scott, 1872)
  • Macrotylus nigricornis Fieber, 1864
  • Megalodactylus macularubra (Mulsant & Rey, 1852)
  • Mimocoris sp.
  • Nesidiocoris tenuis (Reuter, 1895)
  • Orthocephalus proserpinae (Mulsant & Rey, 1852)
  • Pachytomella passerinii (A. Costa, 1842)
  • Phytocoris sp.
  • Pilophorus cinnamopterus (Kirschbaum, 1856)
  • Plagiognathus sp.
  • Polymerus cognatus (Fieber, 1858)
  • Psallus varians cornutus Wagner, 1943
  • Taylorilygus apicalis (Fieber, 1861)
  • Trigonotylus caelestialium (Kirkaldy, 1902)
  • Trigonotylus pulchellus (Hahn, 1834)
  • Trigonotylus tenuis Reuter, 1893
  • Tuponia brevirostris Reuter, 1883
  • Tuponia hippophaes (Fieber, 1861)
  • Tytthus parviceps (Reuter, 1890)

NABIDAE

  • Himacerus major (A. Costa, 1842)
  • Nabis capsiformis Germar, 1838
  • Nabis pseudoferus ibericus Remane, 1962
  • Nabis reuterianus Puton, 1880
  • Nabis sareptanus Dohrn, 1862
  • Nabis viridulus Spinola, 1837

PENTATOMIDAE

  • Acrosternum millieri (Mulsant & Rey 1866)
  • Aelia acuminata (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Ancyrosoma leucogrammes (Gmelin, 1790)
  • Bagrada hilaris (Burmeister, 1835)
  • Brachynema cinctum (Fabricius, 1775)
  • Carpocoris fuscipinus (Boheman, 1851)
  • Chroantha ornatula (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1842)
  • Codophila varia (Fabricius, 1787)
  • Dolycoris baccarum (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Eurydema ornata (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Eurydema ventralis Kolenati, 1846
  • Eysarcoris ventralis (Westwood, 1837)
  • Graphosoma lineatum (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Holcostethus albipes (Fabricius, 1781)
  • Nezara viridula (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Odontotarsus caudatus (Burmeister, 1835)
  • Rhaphigaster nebulosa (Poda, 1761)
  • Sciocoris conspurcatus Klug, 1845
  • Sciocoris helferi Fieber, 1851
  • Sciocoris maculatus Fieber, 1851
  • Sciocoris pallens Klug, 1845
  • Sciocoris sideritidis Wollaston, 1858
  • Scotinophara sicula (A. Costa, 1841)
  • Ventocoris rusticus (Fabricius, 1781)
  • Ventocoris trigonus (Krynicki, 1871)

PIESMATIDAE

  • Piesma maculatum (Laporte de Castelnau, 1833)

PYRRHOCORIDAE

  • Scantius aegyptius (Linnaeus, 1758)

REDUVIIDAE

  • Coranus griseus (Rossi, 1790)
  • Ectomocoris ululans (Rossi, 1790)
  • Empicoris culiciformis (De Geer, 1773)
  • Oncocephalus pilicornis Reuter, 1882
  • Oncocephalus squalidus (Rossi, 1790)
  • Pasira basiptera Stal, 1859
  • Peirates strepitans Rambur, 1839
  • Ploiaria domestica Scopoli, 1786
  • Reduvius pallipes Klug, 1830
  • Reduvius personatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Reduvius villosus Fabricius, 1794
  • Rhynocoris erythropus (Linnaeus, 1767)

RHOPALIDAE

  • Agraphopus lethierryi Stal, 1872
  • Brachycarenus tigrinus (Schilling, 1829)
  • Corizus hyoscyami hyoscyami (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Liorhyssus hyalinus (Fabricius, 1794)
  • Maccevethus corsicus Signoret, 1862
  • Maccevethus errans caucasicus (Kolenati, 1845)
  • Rhopalus lepidus Fieber, 1861
  • Stictopleurus abutilon (Rossi, 1790)
  • Stictopleurus crassicornis (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Stictopleurus pictus (Fieber, 1861)

SALDIDAE

  • Saldula pallipes (Fabricius, 1794)

SCUTELLERIDAE

  • Eurygaster austriaca (Schrank, 1776)
  • Odontoscelis fuliginosa (Linnaeus, 1761)
  • Odontoscelis lineola Rambur, 1839
  • Odontoscelis signata Fieber, 1861
  • Odontotarsus caudatus (Burmeister, 1835)
  • Odontotarsus purpureolineatus (Rossi, 1790)
  • Psacasta exanthematica (Scopoli, 1763)
  • Solenosthedium bilunatum (Lefebvre, 1827)

STENOCEPHALIDAE

  • Dicranocephalus agilis (Scopoli, 1763)
  • Dicranocephalus albipes (Fabricius, 1781)
  • Dicranocephalus marginicollis (Puton, 1881)
  • Dicranocephalus setulosus (Ferrari, 1874)

TINGIDAE

  • Agramma nigrum Fieber, 1844
  • Dictyla echii (Schrank, 1782)
  • Dictyla nassata (Puton, 1874)
  • Kalama lugubris (Fieber, 1861)
  • Kalama tricornis (Schrank, 1801)
  • Monosteira unicostata (Mulsant & Rey, 1852)
  • Tingis cardui (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Tingis ragusana (Fieber, 1861)