Melacoryphus Explained

Melacoryphus is a genus of seed bugs in the family Lygaeidae. There are about 11 described species in Melacoryphus, found in Central and North America.

Species

• Melacoryphus admirabilis (Uhler, 1872)
• Melacoryphus circumlitus (Stal, 1862)
• Melacoryphus facetus (Say, 1831)
• Melacoryphus lagunensis Cervantes & Brailovsky, 2014
• Melacoryphus lateralis (Dallas, 1852)
• Melacoryphus micropterus A. Slater, 1988
• Melacoryphus nigrinervis (Stal, 1874)
• Melacoryphus pedregalensis Brailovsky, 1977
• Melacoryphus rubicollis (Uhler, 1894)
• Melacoryphus rubriger (Stal, 1862)
• Melacoryphus rubrolimbatus A. Slater, 1988

Further reading

• Book: Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region, Vol. 4: Pentatomorpha I: Aradidae, Lygaeidae, Piesmatidae, Malcidae, Berytidae, Colobathristidae, Largidae, Pyrrhocoridae. 2001. Aukema . Berend. Rieger . Christian. The Netherlands Entomological Society. 978-90-71912-21-4.
• Book: A Catalogue of the Lygaeidae of the World (1960-1994). 1995. Slater . James A.. O'Donnell . Jane E.. The New York Entomological Society. 978-0-913-424-16-2.