Melanocoryphus Explained

Melanocoryphus is a genus of seed bugs in the family Lygaeidae. There are about eight described species in Melanocoryphus.

Species

Melanocoryphus albomaculatus Goeze, 1778

Melanocoryphus buettikeri Hamid & Hamid, 1985

Melanocoryphus exutus Horvath, 1916

Melanocoryphus japonicus (Walker, 1872)

Melanocoryphus kerzhneri Josifov, 1965

Melanocoryphus melanospiloides (Montandon, 1893)

Melanocoryphus parvipennis Horvath, 1916

Melanocoryphus tristrami (Douglas & Scott, 1868)

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.