Melanolestes
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Melanolestes

Stål, 1866 [1]

Melanolestes (meaning "black robber") is a Nearctic and Neotropical genus of assassin bugs (Reduviidae). Nine species are known :[2][3]

Species

  • Melanolestes argentinus Berg, 1879
  • Melanolestes degener (Walker, 1873)
  • Melanolestes goiasensis Coscarón & Carpintero, 1993
  • Melanolestes lugens Coscarón & Carpintero, 1993
  • Melanolestes minutus Coscarón & Carpintero, 1993
  • Melanolestes morio (Erichson, 1848)
  • Melanolestes picicornis (Stål, 1860)
  • Melanolestes picinus Stål, 1872
  • Melanolestes picipes (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1846)

References

  1. "Melanolestes". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  2. Maria del Carmen Coscarón & Diego L. Carpintero (1993). "Revision of the genus Melanolestes Stål (Heteroptera: Reduviidae, Peiratinae)". Insect Systematics & Evolution. 24 (4): 361–381. doi:10.1163/187631293X00163.
  3. J. J. Morrone & M. del C. Coscarón (1996). "Distributional patterns of the American Peiratinae (Heteroptera: Reduviidae)". 70 (1). Zoologische Mededelingen: 1–15. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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