Melanaethus

Melanaethus is a genus of burrowing bugs in the family Cydnidae. There are about 15 described species in Melanaethus.[1][2][3]

Melanaethus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Family: Cydnidae
Subfamily: Cydninae
Tribe: Geotomini
Genus: Melanaethus
Uhler, 1876

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

References

  1. "Melanaethus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-22.
  2. "Melanaethus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-22.

Further reading

  • Aukema, Berend; Rieger, Christian, eds. (2006). Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region, Vol. 5: Pentatomomorpha II. The Netherlands Entomological Society. ISBN 978-9071912283.
  • McPherson, J. E. (1982). The Pentatomoidea (Hemiptera) of Northeastern North America. Southern Illinois University Press. ISBN 978-0809310401.


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