Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Paraneoptera
Superordo: Condylognatha
Ordo: Hemiptera
Subordo: Heteroptera
Infraordo: Cimicomorpha
Superfamilia: Reduvioidea
Familia: Reduviidae
Subfamilia: Peiratinae
Genus: Melanolestes
Species (9): M. argentinus – M. degener – M. goiasensis – M. lugens – M. minutus – M. morio – M. picicornis – M. picinus – M. picipes
Name
Melanolestes Stål, 1866
Primary references
Stål 1866: Öfversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-akademiens forhandlingar, 23: 259
References
Coscarón, M.C.; Carpintero, D.L. 1993: Revision of the genus Melanolestes Stål (Heteroptera: Reduviidae, Peiratinae). Entomologica scandinavica, 24(4): 361–381. DOI: 10.1163/187631293X00163 Reference page.
Melanolestes is a Nearctic and Neotropical genus of assassin bugs (Reduviidae). Nine species are known :[2][3]
Species
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
"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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