Melanolestes

Updated on Sep 23, 2024

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Kingdom Animalia Family Reduviidae Phylum Arthropoda Order True bugs		Class Insecta Subfamily Peiratinae Rank Genus

Similar True bugs, Rasahus, Emesaya, Reduvius, Apiomerus

Black corsair assassin bug melanolestes picipes

Melanolestes is a Nearctic and Neotropical genus of assassin bugs (Reduviidae). Nine species are known :

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)

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