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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Pentatomomorpha » Lygaeoidea » Seed Bugs (Lygaeidae) » Lygaeinae » Melacoryphus

Genus Melacoryphus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Range · Remarks · Works Cited
True bug - Melacoryphus rubicollis Melacoryphus lateralis? - Melacoryphus lateralis Melanopleurus - Melacoryphus lateralis Female, Melacoryphus rubicollis? - Melacoryphus rubicollis - female Mating, Melacoryphus rubicollis? - Melacoryphus rubicollis - male - female Melacoryphus facetus Lygaeidae - Melacoryphus lateralis Melacoryphus nigrinervis
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 Melacoryphus
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
see (1)
Explanation of Names
Melacoryphus Slater 1988
Numbers
7 spp. in our area, 11 total(2)
Size
5‒9 mm(3)
Range
mostly nearctic, with 3 spp. ranging into so.Mexico(3)
Remarks
A very difficult area in lygaeoid systematics. M. rubicollis has been often misidentified as M. lateralis, which is a widespread common species in c.& w.US. The sympatric lateralis has more extensive red coloration extending along the sides of the corium and on the pronotum. Brailovsky has described a bunch of species that may be M. lateralis, as it is very variable." (M.H. Sweet, pers. comm. to =v=)
Works Cited
1.A new genus and two new species of Lygaeinae (Heteroptera: Lygaeidae).
Slater, A. 1988. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 61(3): 308-316.
2.Dellapé P.M., Henry T.J. (2016‒) Lygaeoidea species file
3.A Genus Level Revision of Western Hemisphere Lygaeinae (Heteroptera: Lygaeidae) with Keys to Species
Alex Slater. 1992. University of Kansas Science Bulletin.
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 23 February, 2009 - 2:23pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 20 June, 2024 - 9:24pm

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