Melanopleurus belfragei (Stal, 1874) is a animal in the Lygaeidae family, order Hemiptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Melanopleurus belfragei (Stal, 1874)

Melanopleurus belfragei (Stal, 1874)

The redcoat seed bug Melanopleurus belfragei is a Lygaeidae seed bug found in Central and North America.

Family
Genus
Melanopleurus
Order
Hemiptera
Class
Insecta

About Melanopleurus belfragei (Stal, 1874)

Melanopleurus belfragei, commonly known as the redcoat seed bug, is a species of seed bug that belongs to the family Lygaeidae. This species occurs in Central America and North America.

Photo: (c) Jerry Oldenettel, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA) · cc-by-nc-sa

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Hemiptera Lygaeidae Melanopleurus

More from Lygaeidae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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