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Species Melanopleurus belfragei

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)

Contributed by v belov on 13 April, 2009 - 10:26pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 4 March, 2023 - 1:44pm

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