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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 » Melacoryphus lateralis

Species Melacoryphus lateralis

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Range · Life Cycle · See Also · Works Cited
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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
Species lateralis (Melacoryphus lateralis)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Neacoryphus lateralis Dallas 1852
Explanation of Names
Melacoryphus lateralis (Dallas)
Range
w NA (BC-CA to SK-TX) to C. Amer. - Map (1)(2)(3)
Life Cycle
reported in large numbers especially in Jul/Aug in AZ, NV, other western states
See Also
Boisea
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.Additional provincial and state records for Heteroptera (Hemiptera) in Canada and the United States
Scudder G.G.E. 2012. J. Ent. Soc. Brit. Columbia 109: 55−69.
3.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by Jim McClarin on 18 February, 2007 - 2:22pm
Additional contributions by Hannah Nendick-Mason, Mike Quinn, ceiseman, v belov
Last updated 4 October, 2023 - 11:54pm

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