Melanopleurus belfragei | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hemiptera |
Suborder: | Heteroptera |
Family: | Lygaeidae |
Genus: | Melanopleurus |
Species: | M. belfragei |
Binomial name | |
Melanopleurus belfragei (Stal, 1874) | |
Melanopleurus belfragei, the redcoat seed bug, is a species of seed bug in the family Lygaeidae. It is found in Central America and North America. [1] [2] [3] [4]
The Lygaeoidea are a sizeable superfamily of true bugs, containing seed bugs and allies, in the order Hemiptera. There are about 16 families and more than 4,600 described species in Lygaeoidea, found worldwide. Most feed on seeds or sap, but a few are predators.
Lygaeospilus tripunctatus is a species of seed bug in the family Lygaeidae. It is found in Central America and North America.
Kleidocerys ovalis is a species of seed bug in the family Lygaeidae. It is found in North America.
Kleidocerys virescens is a species of seed bug in the family Lygaeidae. It is found in the Caribbean Sea, Central America, and North America.
Chilacis typhae, the bulrush bug, is a species of true bug in the family Artheneidae. It is found in Europe and Northern Asia and North America.
Oncopeltus sanguinolentus, the blood-colored milkweed bug, is a species of seed bug in the family Lygaeidae. It is found in Central America and North America. The species name is sometimes misspelled with an extra "e", as sanguineolentus.
Ochrimnus mimulus is a species of seed bug in the family Lygaeidae. It is found in North America.
Ochrimnus barberi is a species of seed bug in the family Lygaeidae. It is found in Central America and North America.
Kleidocerys resedae, the birch catkin bug, is a species of seed bug in the family Lygaeidae. It is found in Europe and Northern Asia and North America.
Melanopleurus is a genus of seed bugs in the family Lygaeidae. There are more than 20 described species in the genus Melanopleurus.
Lygaeus reclivatus is a species of seed bug in the family Lygaeidae. It is found in Central America and North America.
Neortholomus koreshanus is a species of seed bug in the family Lygaeidae. It is found in the Caribbean and North America.
Xyonysius californicus, the California false chinch bug, is a species of seed bug in the family Lygaeidae. It is found in the Caribbean Sea, Central America, North America, and South America.
Belonochilus is a genus of seed bugs in the family Lygaeidae. There is one described species in Belonochilus, B. numenius, the sycamore seed bug, making it a monotypic genus.
Nysius fuscovittatus is a species of seed bug in the family Lygaeidae. It is found in North America.
Lygaeus kalmii, known as the small milkweed bug or common milkweed bug, is a species of seed bug in the family Lygaeidae. It is found in Central and North America.
Oncopeltus cayensis is a species of seed bug in the family Lygaeidae. It is found in the Caribbean Sea and North America.
Lygaeus turcicus, the false milkweed bug, is a species of seed bug in the family Lygaeidae. It is found in Eastern North America.
Oncopeltus sexmaculatus, the six-spotted milkweed bug, is a species of seed bug in the family Lygaeidae. It is found on islands in the Caribbean Sea, Central America, and North America.
Melanopleurus pyrrhopterus is a species of seed bug in the family Lygaeidae. It is found in the continental United States, Mexico, and has also been recorded in Canada.