Melanotelus

Melanotelus
Melanotelus villosulus, Botswana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Lygaeidae
Subfamily: Lygaeinae
Genus: Melanotelus
Reuter, 1885

Melanotelus is a genus of seed bugs in the family Lygaeidae. There are about six described species in Melanotelus.[1][2][3]

Species

These six species belong to the genus Melanotelus:

  • Melanotelus argillaceus Reuter, 1885
  • Melanotelus bipunctatus (Dallas, 1852)
  • Melanotelus geriae Slater Alex, 1985
  • Melanotelus timorensis Distant, 1903
  • Melanotelus villiersi Hoberlandt, 1954
  • Melanotelus villosulus (Stål, 1855)

References

  1. ^ "GBIF, Melanotelus". Retrieved 2025-10-18.
  2. ^ "Catalogue of Life, Melanotelus Reuter, 1885". Retrieved 2025-10-18.
  3. ^ Dellapé, Pablo M.; Henry, Thomas J. (2021). "genus Melanotelus Reuter, 1885". Lygaeoidea Species File. Retrieved 2024-08-20.
  • Citizen science observations for Melanotelus at iNaturalist
  • Media related to Melanotelus at Wikimedia Commons
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