Melanocoryphus is a genus of seed bugs in the family Lygaeidae. There are about eight described species in Melanocoryphus.[1][2]

Melanocoryphus
Melanocoryphus albomaculatus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Lygaeidae
Subfamily: Lygaeinae
Genus: Melanocoryphus
Stal, 1872
Melanocoryphus albomaculatus

Species

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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)

References

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  1. ^ "Melanocoryphus". GBIF. Retrieved 2021-10-05.
  2. ^ Dellapé, Pablo M.; Henry, Thomas J. (2021). "genus Melanocoryphus Stal, 1872". Lygaeoidea Species File. Retrieved 2021-10-05.

Further reading

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  • Aukema, Berend; Rieger, Christian, eds. (2001). Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region, Vol. 4: Pentatomorpha I: Aradidae, Lygaeidae, Piesmatidae, Malcidae, Berytidae, Colobathristidae, Largidae, Pyrrhocoridae. The Netherlands Entomological Society. ISBN 978-90-71912-21-4.
  • Slater, James A.; O'Donnell, Jane E. (1995). A Catalogue of the Lygaeidae of the World (1960-1994). The New York Entomological Society. ISBN 978-0-913-424-16-2.
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