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Lygaeoidea Species File
genus

Melacoryphus Slater, 1988

Type

Lygaeus lateralis Dallas, 1852 type species by original designation of Melacoryphus Slater, 1988

Nomenclature (4)

  • Melacoryphus Slater, 1988: 308-309.

    type species by original designation Lygaeus lateralis Dallas, 1852

  • Melacoryphus Slater, 1988 in Slater & O'Donnell, 1995: 14.
  • Melacoryphus Slater, 1988 in Baranowski & Slater, 2005: 20.
  • Melacoryphus Slater, 1988 in Henry, Dellapé & de Paula, 2015: 480.

Nomenclature references (4)

  • Baranowski, R.M. & Slater, J.A. (2005) In The Lygaeidae of the West Indies. University of Florida, IFAS. i-x, 266 pp.
  • Henry, T.J., Dellapé, P.M. & de Paula, A.S. (2015) Chapter 16. The Big-Eyed Bugs, Chinch Bugs, and Seed Bugs (Lygaeoidea). In True Bugs (Heteroptera) of the Neotropics. Antônio Panizzi y Jocelia Grazia editores. Springer publishing Co., Inglaterra. 459–514 pp.
  • Slater, A. (1988) A new genus and two new species of Lygaeinae (Heteroptera: Lygaeidae). J. Kansas Entomol. Soc., 61, 308–316.
  • Slater, J.A. & O'Donnell, J.E. (1995) In A Catalogue of the Lygaeidae of the world. New York Entomological Society, New York. 410 pp.

Descendants and synonyms

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
Taxon Valid names
Rank Extant Fossil Invalid Total
genus1001
species1103647