Melanopleurus Explained
Melanopleurus (meaning "black side") is a genus of seed bugs in the family Lygaeidae. There are more than 20 described species in the genus Melanopleurus.
Species
These 21 species belong to the genus Melanopleurus:
- Melanopleurus amnigena (Brailovsky & Barrera, 1984)
- Melanopleurus aureus (Distant, 1893)
- Melanopleurus barrerai Brailovsky, 1979
- Melanopleurus belfragei (Stal, 1874) (redcoat seed bug)
- Melanopleurus bicolor (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1850)
- Melanopleurus bistriangularis (Say, 1831)
- Melanopleurus brevis Brailovsky, 1975
- Melanopleurus complicatus Brailovsky, 1975
- Melanopleurus dearmasi (Alayo, 1973)
- Melanopleurus fuscosus Brailovsky, 1977
- Melanopleurus inflatus Brailovsky, 1979
- Melanopleurus maculicorium Maldonado-Capriles, 1974
- Melanopleurus matucanae (Brailovsky, 1978)
- Melanopleurus nubilus Brailovsky, 1979
- Melanopleurus perplexus Scudder, 1981
- Melanopleurus pyrrhopterus (Stal, 1874)
- Melanopleurus tenor Brailovsky, 1979
- Melanopleurus tetraspilus Stal, 1874
- Melanopleurus vazquezae Brailovsky, 1979
- Melanopleurus villai Brailovsky, 1979
- Melanopleurus wygodzinskyi (Alayo, 1973)
Further reading
- 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.
- 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.
