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Species Melanopleurus belfragei

Melanopleurus belfragei ID confirmation or other - Melanopleurus belfragei Melanopleurus belfragei (Stål) - Melanopleurus belfragei Redcoat Seed Bug - Melanopleurus belfragei Melanopleurus belfragei True Bug - Melanopleurus belfragei Melanopleurus belfragei Melanopleurus belfragei Redcoat Seed Bug_Melanopleurus belfragei?  - Melanopleurus belfragei
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)
Suborder Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Infraorder Pentatomomorpha
Superfamily Lygaeoidea
Family Lygaeidae (Seed Bugs)
Subfamily Lygaeinae
Genus Melanopleurus
Species belfragei (Melanopleurus belfragei)
Other Common Names
Redcoat Seed Bug
Explanation of Names
Melanopleurus belfragei (Stål 1874)
named after Gustave W. Belfrage (1834–1882)
Range
sw US (s.CA to c.TX, CO-UT) / to s. Mex. - Map (1)(2)
Food
Feeds on Asteraceae (Merrill Sweet, pers. comm.)
Remarks
I have seen specimens labeled "Melanopleurus bicolor H.-S." (described from Brazil) that look just like M. belfragei. (Merrill Sweet, pers. comm.)
Works Cited
1.Catalog of the Heteroptera, or True Bugs of Canada and the Continental United States
Thomas J. Henry, Richard C. Froeschner. 1988. Brill Academic Publishers.
2.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)