Melanocoryphus
Genus of insects
Melanocoryphus | |
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Melanocoryphus albomaculatus | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hemiptera |
Suborder: | Heteroptera |
Family: | Lygaeidae |
Subfamily: | Lygaeinae |
Genus: | Melanocoryphus Stal, 1872 |
Melanocoryphus is a genus of seed bugs in the family Lygaeidae. There are about eight described species in Melanocoryphus.[1][2]
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Species
- Melanocoryphus albomaculatus Goeze, 1778
- Melanocoryphus buettikeri Hamid & Hamid, 1985
- Melanocoryphus exutus Horvath, 1916
- Melanocoryphus japonicus (Walker, 1872)
- Melanocoryphus kerzhneri Josifov, 1965
- Melanocoryphus melanospiloides (Montandon, 1893)
- Melanocoryphus parvipennis Horvath, 1916
- Melanocoryphus tristrami (Douglas & Scott, 1868)
References
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.
External links
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