Melanaethus
| Melanaethus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Family: | Cydnidae |
| Subfamily: | Cydninae |
| Tribe: | Geotomini |
| Genus: | Uhler, 1876 |
Melanaethus is a genus of burrowing bugs in the family Cydnidae. There are about 15 described species in Melanaethus.[1][2][3]
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
- ^ "Melanaethus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-22.
- ^ "Melanaethus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-22.
- ^ "Melanaethus genus Information". BugGuide.net. 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.