Melanolestes
Sign in to saveMelanolestes (meaning "black robber") is a Nearctic and Neotropical genus of assassin bugs (Reduviidae). Nine species are known :
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- Reduviidae
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- NMMNHS, TAMU, NMSU
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- United States
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Melanolestes (meaning "black robber") is a Nearctic and Neotropical genus of assassin bugs (Reduviidae). Nine species are known :
==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)
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