Melanolestes (meaning "black robber") is a Nearctic and Neotropical genus of assassin bugs (Reduviidae). Nine species are known :[2][3]
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Species
edit- 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
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Wikispecies has information related to Melanolestes.
- ^ "Melanolestes". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- ^ 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.
- ^ J. J. Morrone & M. del C. Coscarón (1996). "Distributional patterns of the American Peiratinae (Heteroptera: Reduviidae)". 70 (1). Zoologische Mededelingen: 1–15.
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