Genus Melanopleurus

Classification · Numbers · Range · Works Cited

Milkweed bug ? - Melanopleurus belfragei

Melanopleurus sp. - Melanopleurus belfragei

black and red beetle or bug - Melanopleurus

Melanopleurus belfragei? - Melanopleurus belfragei

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)

Suborder Heteroptera (True Bugs)

Superfamily Lygaeoidea

Family Lygaeidae (Seed Bugs)

Subfamily Lygaeinae

Genus Melanopleurus

Numbers

3 spp. in our area(1)

Range

in our area, sw. US(2)

Works Cited

1.	American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico By Ross H. Arnett

2.	How to Know the True Bugs By Slater, James A., and Baranowski, Richard M.

Contributed by Eric R. Eaton on 16 July, 2008 - 9:04pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 25 October, 2011 - 7:28am

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