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TAXSYNDISISLFRMPIC
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Melanolestes Stål, 1866
is a synonym of Genus Peirates Serville, 1831
This may be an outdated term
The Taxom listed here as synonyme is shown below

Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
4179
190570
2444470
Families
Genera
Species

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
3816
189502
2439455
Families
Genera
Species

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
3399
186457
2415487
Families
Genera
Species

Superorder
 
Paraneoptera
Martynov, 1923
710
28641
240164
Families
Genera
Species

Order
 
Hemiptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Aphids, Bugs, Cicadas, Hemipterans, Hoppers, True bugs
564
25824
208282
Families
Genera
Species

Superfamily
 
Reduvoidea
1
1330
9955
Family
Genera
Species
FamilyReduviidae
Latreille, 1807
Assassin and thread-legged bugs, Assassin Bug
1330
9955
Genera
Species
SubfamilyPeiratinae
Amyot & Serville, 1843
Corsairs
37
530
Genera
Species
GenusMelanolestes
Stål, 1866
12Species
Subnodes of Melanolestes Stål, 1866
SpeciesMelanolestes abdominalis Herrich-Schaeffer, 1846  ⇒ Melanolestes picipes
SpeciesMelanolestes argentinus Berg, 1879
SpeciesMelanolestes degener Walker, 1873
SpeciesMelanolestes goiasensis Coscarón & Carpintero, 1993
SpeciesMelanolestes lugens Coscarón & Carpintero, 1993
SpeciesMelanolestes minutus Coscarón & Carpintero, 1993
SpeciesMelanolestes morie
SpeciesMelanolestes morio Erichson, 1848
SpeciesMelanolestes picicornis Stål, 1860
SpeciesMelanolestes picinus Stål, 1872
SpeciesMelanolestes picipes Herrich-Schaeffer, 1846
Assassin bug, Black Corsair
SpeciesMelanolestes spec Berg, 1879


Distribution of Melanolestes Stål, 1866
Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Australia, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Fiji, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Kiribati, Liberia, Marshall Islands, Mexico, Micronesia, Nauru, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niue, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Suriname, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu, Uruguay, USA, Vanuatu, Venezuela


Links, sources and further information
Melanolestes at gbif.org
Melanolestes at irmng.org
Melanolestes at itis.gov