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Melanerythrus mactans (Stål, 1867)

Melanerythrus ruficeps (Walker, 1872): Lygaeus ruficeps. Paralectotype. (BMNH) - (CC BY-NC 4.0) Photo by Stuart Cole, reproduced with permission from the Natural History Museum, London, UK. (Otu).
Melanerythrus ruficeps (Walker, 1872): Lygaeus ruficeps. Paralectotype. (BMNH) - (CC BY-NC 4.0) Photo by Stuart Cole, reproduced with permission from the Natural History Museum, London, UK. (Otu).
Melanerythrus ruficeps (Walker, 1872): Lygaeus ruficeps. Lectotype. (BMNH) - (CC BY-NC 4.0) Photo by Stuart Cole, reproduced with permission from the Natural History Museum, London, UK. (Otu).
Melanerythrus ruficeps (Walker, 1872): Lygaeus ruficeps. Paralectotype. (BMNH) - (CC BY-NC 4.0) Photo by Stuart Cole, reproduced with permission from the Natural History Museum, London, UK. (Otu).
Melanerythrus ruficeps (Walker, 1872): Lygaeus ruficeps. Paralectotype. (BMNH) - (CC BY-NC 4.0) Photo by Stuart Cole, reproduced with permission from the Natural History Museum, London, UK. (Otu).

Nomenclature (22)

  • Lygaeus mactans Stål, 1867
  • Melanerythrus mactans (Stal, 1867) in Stål, 1868
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  • Melanerythrus mactans (Stal, 1867) in Slater & O'Donnell, 1995: 15.
  • Melanerythrus mactans (Stal, 1867) in Cassis & Gross, 2002: 225.

Nomenclature references (16)

  • Bergroth, E. (1916) Heteropterous Hemiptera collected by Prof. W. Baldwin Spencer during the Horn expedition into central Australia. Proc. roy. Soc. Vict.
  • Cassis, G. & Gross, G.F. (2002) Hemiptera: Heteroptera (Pentatomomorpha). Vol. 27.3B, pp. xiv 737.
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  • 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.
  • Distant, W.L. (1901) LXVIII.- Rhynchotal Notes. - X. Heteroptera: Fam. Lygaeidae. 7(42), 531–541.
  • Froggatt, W.W. (1907) Australian insects. Australian insects. Sydney: William Brooks & Co. Ltd. pp.i-xiv,
  • Kirkaldy, G.W. (1908) A catalogue of the Hemiptera of Fiji. Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W.
  • Kirkaldy, G.W. (1909) Hemiptera: new & old, N. 1. The Canadian Entomologist, 41, 30–32.
  • 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.
  • Musgrave, A. (1945) The Simpson desert Expedition 1939. Scientific reports N.4: Biology-Hemiptera. Trans. roy. Soc. S. Aust., 69, 14–15.
  • Slater, A. (1978) Taxonomic notes on Lygaeinae from Australia and Neighboring Areas (Heteroptera: Lygaeidae). Ann. Entomol. Soc. America., 71, 854–858.
  • 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. (1867) Analecta Hemipterologica. Berl. ent. Z.
  • 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.

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
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