Biology:Melanopleurus pyrrhopterus
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Short description: Species of true bug
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Family: | Lygaeidae |
| Genus: | Melanopleurus |
| Species: | M. pyrrhopterus
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| Binomial name | |
| Melanopleurus pyrrhopterus (Stal, 1874)
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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.[1][2]
Subspecies
There are two recognized subspecies of Melanopleurus pyrrhopterus[3]:
- Melanopleurus pyrrhopterus melanopleurus (Uhler, 1893)
- Melanopleurus pyrrhopterus pyrrhopterus (Stål, 1874)
References
- ↑ Henry, Thomas J. (2019-07-22) (in en). Catalog of the Heteroptera or True Bugs, of Canada and the Continental United States. CRC Press. pp. 196. ISBN 978-1-351-07889-4. https://books.google.com/books?id=pTSoDwAAQBAJ&dq=Melanopleurus+pyrrhopterus&pg=PA196.
- ↑ Scudder, G.G.E. (December 31, 1985). "Heteroptera New to Canada". Journal of the Entomological Society of British Columbia 82: 66–67. https://journal.entsocbc.ca/index.php/journal/article/download/2203/2267.
- ↑ "ITIS - Report: Melanopleurus pyrrhopterus". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=107828#null.
Further reading
- Slater, Alex. (August 30, 1992). A genus level revision of western hemisphere Lygaeinae (Heteroptera: Lygaeidae) with keys to species. The University of Kansas Science Bulletin 55(1). pp. 21–22. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.part.772
Wikidata ☰ Q10580531 entry
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