Melanopleurus pyrrhopterus is a species of seed bug in the family Lygaeidae. It is found in the continental United States, Mexico, and has also been recorded in Canada.[1][2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Family: | Lygaeidae |
| Genus: | Melanopleurus |
| Species: | M. pyrrhopterus
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| Binomial name | |
| Melanopleurus pyrrhopterus (Stal, 1874)
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Subspecies
editThere are two recognized subspecies of Melanopleurus pyrrhopterus[3]:
- Melanopleurus pyrrhopterus melanopleurus (Uhler, 1893)
- Melanopleurus pyrrhopterus pyrrhopterus (Stål, 1874)
References
edit- ^ Henry, Thomas J. (2019-07-22). Catalog of the Heteroptera or True Bugs, of Canada and the Continental United States. CRC Press. p. 196. ISBN 978-1-351-07889-4.
- ^ Scudder, G.G.E. (December 31, 1985). "Heteroptera New to Canada". Journal of the Entomological Society of British Columbia. 82: 66–67.
- ^ "ITIS - Report: Melanopleurus pyrrhopterus". www.itis.gov. Retrieved 2022-04-30.
Further reading
edit- Slater, Alex. (August 30, 1992). A genus level revision of western hemisphere Lygaeinae (Heteroptera: Lygaeidae) with keys to species. The University of Kansas Science Bulletin 55(1). pp. 21–22. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.part.772
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