Biology:Melanocoris

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Short description: Genus of true bugs

Melanocoris
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Anthocoridae
Tribe: Anthocorini
Genus: Melanocoris
Champion, 1900

Melanocoris is a genus of minute pirate bugs in the family Anthocoridae. There are at least four described species in Melanocoris.[1][2][3]

Species

These four species belong to the genus Melanocoris:

  • Melanocoris longirostris Kelton, 1977
  • Melanocoris nigricornis Van Duzee, 1921
  • Melanocoris obovatus Champion, 1900
  • Melanocoris pingreensis (Drake & Harris, 1926)

References

Further reading

  • Péricart, J.; Golub, V. B. (1996). Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region, Vol. 2: Cimicomorpha I. The Netherlands Entomological Society. ISBN 978-90-71912-15-3. 
  • Schuh, Randall T.; Weirauch, Christiane; Wheeler, Ward C. (2009). "Phylogenetic relationships within the Cimicomorpha (Hemiptera: Heteroptera): a total-evidence analysis". Systematic Entomology 34 (1): 15–48. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2008.00436.x. 

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