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Melanaethus
Genus
Melanaethus
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
Pentatomoidea
Family
Cydnidae (Burrowing Bugs)
Subfamily
Cydninae
Tribe
Geotomini
Genus
Melanaethus
Explanation of Names
Melanaethus
Uhler 1876
Numbers
11 spp. in our area
(
1
)
[just 2 in the northeast
(
2
)
]
Works Cited
1.
American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico
Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.
2.
The Pentatomoidea (Hemiptera) of Northeastern North America
J.E. McPherson. 1982. Southern Illinois University Press.
Contributed by
Brad Barnd
on 2 July, 2007 - 10:32pm
Additional contributions by
v belov
Last updated 25 October, 2012 - 1:43pm