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Melanaethus
Sign in to saveMelanaethus is a genus of burrowing bugs in the family Cydnidae. There are about 15 described species in Melanaethus.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 63
- With media
- 1
- Family
- Cydnidae
- Collections
- MHNCA, SDNHM, INHS, USNM, MNA, UNM
- Recorded in
- Mexico, United States, Guatemala, Puerto Rico
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Melanaethus is a genus of burrowing bugs in the family Cydnidae. There are about 15 described species in Melanaethus.
==Species== These 15 species belong to the genus Melanaethus: Melanaethus anthracinus (Uhler, 1877) Melanaethus cavicollis (Blatchley, 1924) Melanaethus crenatus (Signoret, 1883) Melanaethus externus Froeschner Melanaethus mixtus Froeschner Melanaethus noctivagus (Van Duzee, 1923) Melanaethus pensylvanicus (Signoret, 1883) Melanaethus planifrons Froeschner, 1960 Melanaethus punctatissimus (Signoret, 1883) Melanaethus robustus Uhler, 1877 Melanaethus spinolae (Signoret, 1863) Melanaethus subglaber (Walker, 1867) Melanaethus subpunctatus (Blatchley, 1926) Melanaethus uhleri (Signoret, 1883) Melanaethus wolcotti Froeschner & Maldonado
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