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Lygaeoidea Species File
genus

Melanerythrus Stål, 1868

Type

Lygaeus mactans Stål, 1867 type species by original monotypy of Melanerythrus Stål, 1868

Nomenclature (12)

  • Lygaeus (Melanerythrus) Stål, 1868: 75-76.

    type species by original monotypy Lygaeus mactans Stål, 1867

  • Lygaeus (Melanerytheus) in Walker, 1872: 37-38.
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  • Lygaeus (Melanerytheus) (unavailable or invalid, linked to Lygaeus (Melanerythrus) Stål, 1868)
  • Lygaeus (unavailable or invalid, linked to Lygaeus (Melanerythrus) Stål, 1868)

Nomenclature references (9)

  • Cassis, G. & Gross, G.F. (2002) Hemiptera: Heteroptera (Pentatomomorpha). Vol. 27.3B, pp. xiv 737.
  • China, W.E. (1930) Insects of Samoa & other Samoan terrestrial Arthropoda Pt. II. Insects of Samoa & other Samoan terrestrial Arthropoda Pt. II. Hemiptera. Fasc., 2(3), 81–162.
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  • Gross, G.F. (1965) On the identity of Lygaeus mutilatus Erichson (Hemiptera; Lygaeidae). J. Entomol. Soc. Qld., 4, 24–26.
  • Lethierry, L.F. & Severin, G. (1894) General catalogue of the Hemiptera. Vol. II. Heteropteres. General catalogue of the Hemiptera. Vol. II. Heteropteres. Brussels: F. Hayez, Imprimeur de l'Academie Royale de Belgique., II.
  • 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.
  • Slater, J.A. (1964) A Catalogue of the Lygaeidae of the World. 2 Vols. U. Connecticut. Storrs. 1688 pp. A Catalogue of the Lygaeidae of the World.
  • Stål, C. (1868) Hemiptera Fabricana I. Hemiptera Fabricana I. K. svenska VetenskAkad. Handl.
  • Stål, C. (1874) Enumeratio Hemipterorum pt. 4. Enumeratio Hemipterorum pt., 12(1), 1–186. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/45975#page/5/mode/1up
  • Walker, F. (1872) Catalogue of the specimens of Hemiptera Heteroptera in the collection of the British Museum. Catalogue of the specimens of Hemiptera Heteroptera in the collection of the British Museum. London: Part V., 151–152.

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
genus1045
species501217