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.

External links

• Citizen science observations for Melanotelus at iNaturalist
• Media related to Melanotelus at Wikimedia Commons