Biology:Melacoryphus

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Short description: Genus of true bugs

Melacoryphus
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Melacoryphus lateralis
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Lygaeidae
Subfamily: Lygaeinae
Genus: Melacoryphus
Alex Slater, 1988

Melacoryphus is a genus of seed bugs in the family Lygaeidae. There are about 11 described species in Melacoryphus, found in Central and North America.[1][2][3]

Melacoryphus lateralis

Species

  • Melacoryphus admirabilis (Uhler, 1872)
  • Melacoryphus circumlitus (Stal, 1862)
  • Melacoryphus facetus (Say, 1831)
  • Melacoryphus lagunensis Cervantes & Brailovsky, 2014
  • Melacoryphus lateralis (Dallas, 1852)
  • Melacoryphus micropterus A. Slater, 1988
  • Melacoryphus nigrinervis (Stal, 1874)
  • Melacoryphus pedregalensis Brailovsky, 1977
  • Melacoryphus rubicollis (Uhler, 1894)
  • Melacoryphus rubriger (Stal, 1862)
  • Melacoryphus rubrolimbatus A. Slater, 1988

References

Further reading

  • Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region, Vol. 4: Pentatomorpha I: Aradidae, Lygaeidae, Piesmatidae, Malcidae, Berytidae, Colobathristidae, Largidae, Pyrrhocoridae. The Netherlands Entomological Society. 2001. ISBN 978-90-71912-21-4. 
  • Slater, James A.; O'Donnell, Jane E. (1995). A Catalogue of the Lygaeidae of the World (1960-1994). The New York Entomological Society. ISBN 978-0-913-424-16-2. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q23840848 entry