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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Pentatomomorpha » Pentatomoidea » Ebony Bugs (Thyreocoridae) » Corimelaena

Genus Corimelaena

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Works Cited
Beetle or Bug - Corimelaena lateralis sucking the juice from my penstemon seeds - Corimelaena Thyreocoridae - Ebony Bugs - Corimelaena Corimelaena lateralis? - Corimelaena lateralis Beetle unknown - Corimelaena Ebony Bug - Corimelaena Corimelaena Thyreocoridae - Corimelaena
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 Thyreocoridae (Ebony Bugs)
Genus Corimelaena
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Allocoris McAtee & Malloch 1933, Eucoria Mulsant & Rey 1865
Explanation of Names
Corimelaena White 1839
Numbers
20 spp. (in 3 subgenera) in our area(1), ~40 total
Size
2‒5 mm
Identification
in most species corium pale along the edge
Range
Widespread in NA
Works Cited
1.American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico
Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.
Contributed by tom murray on 15 October, 2006 - 8:43am
Additional contributions by Stephen_WV, Bbarnd, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 16 June, 2024 - 12:53pm

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