Melanopleurus (meaning "black side") is a genus of seed bugs in the family Lygaeidae. There are more than 20 described species in the genus Melanopleurus.
Species
These 21 species belong to the genus Melanopleurus:
- Melanopleurus amnigena <small>(Brailovsky & Barrera, 1984)</small>
- Melanopleurus aureus <small>(Distant, 1893)</small>
- Melanopleurus barrerai <small>Brailovsky, 1979</small>
- Melanopleurus belfragei <small>(Stal, 1874)</small> (redcoat seed bug)
- Melanopleurus bicolor <small>(Herrich-Schaeffer, 1850)</small>
- Melanopleurus bistriangularis <small>(Say, 1831)</small>
- Melanopleurus brevis <small>Brailovsky, 1975</small>
- Melanopleurus complicatus <small>Brailovsky, 1975</small>
- Melanopleurus dearmasi <small>(Alayo, 1973)</small>
- Melanopleurus fuscosus <small>Brailovsky, 1977</small>
- Melanopleurus inflatus <small>Brailovsky, 1979</small>
- Melanopleurus maculicorium <small>Maldonado-Capriles, 1974</small>
- Melanopleurus matucanae <small>(Brailovsky, 1978)</small>
- Melanopleurus nubilus <small>Brailovsky, 1979</small>
- Melanopleurus perplexus <small>Scudder, 1981</small>
- Melanopleurus pyrrhopterus <small>(Stal, 1874)</small>
- Melanopleurus tenor <small>Brailovsky, 1979</small>
- Melanopleurus tetraspilus <small>Stal, 1874</small>
- Melanopleurus vazquezae <small>Brailovsky, 1979</small>
- Melanopleurus villai <small>Brailovsky, 1979</small>
- Melanopleurus wygodzinskyi <small>(Alayo, 1973)</small>
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