Melanolestes picipes
Appearance
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hemiptera |
Suborder: | Heteroptera |
Family: | Reduviidae |
Genus: | Melanolestes |
Species: | M. picipes
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Binomial name | |
Melanolestes picipes (Herrich-schaeffer, 1848)
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Melanolestes picipes, known generally as the black corsair or black May beetle-eater, is a species of corsair in the family Reduviidae. It is found in Central America, North America, Oceania, and South America.[1][2][3]
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References
[edit]- ^ a b "Melanolestes picipes Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Melanolestes picipes". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Melanolestes picipes species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
Further reading
[edit]- McPherson, J. E.; Keffer, S. L.; Taylor, S. J. (1992). "Taxonomic status of Melanolestes picipes and M. abdominalis (Heteroptera: Reduviidae)". The Florida Entomologist. 74 (3): 396–403. doi:10.2307/3494832. JSTOR 3494832.
- Péricart, J.; Golub, V. B. (1996). Aukema, Berend; Rieger, Christian (eds.). Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region, Vol. 2: Cimicomorpha I. The Netherlands Entomological Society. ISBN 978-90-71912-15-3.
External links
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