Melacoryphus

Melacoryphus
Melacoryphus lateralis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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

References

  1. ^ "Melacoryphus". GBIF. Retrieved 2020-06-06.
  2. ^ "Melacoryphus genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2020-06-06.
  3. ^ Dellapé, Pablo M.; Henry, Thomas J. (2019). "genus Melacoryphus Slater Alex, 1988". Lygaeoidea Species File. Retrieved 2019-07-02.

Further reading

  • Aukema, Berend; Rieger, Christian, eds. (2001). Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region, Vol. 4: Pentatomorpha I: Aradidae, Lygaeidae, Piesmatidae, Malcidae, Berytidae, Colobathristidae, Largidae, Pyrrhocoridae. The Netherlands Entomological Society. 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.
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