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Parent Taxon

• Lygaeidae

Sibling Taxa

• Achlyosomus
• Acroleucus
• Aethalotus
• Afraethalotus
• Anochrostomus
• Apterola
• Arocatus
• Aspilocoryphus
• Aspilogeton
• Astacops
• Aulacopeltus
• Biblochrimnus
• Caenocoris
• Cosmopleurus
• Craspeduchus
• Dalmochrimnus
• Ektyphonotus
• Emphanisis
• Graptostethus
• Hadrosomus
• Haemobaphus
• Hormopleurus
• Horvathiolus
• Latochrimnus
• Lygaeosoma
• Lygaeospilus
• Lygaeus
• Melacoryphus
• Melanerythrus
• Melanocoryphus
• Melanopleuroides
• Melanopleurus
• Melanostethus
• Melanotelus
• Microspilus
• Neacoryphus
• Nesostethus
• Nicuesa
• Ochrimnus
• Ochrostomus
• Oncopeltus
• Oxygranulobaphus
• Paranysius
• Pseudoacroleucoides
• Pyrrhobaphus
• Scopiastes
• Spilostethus
• Stalagmostethus
• Stenaptula
• Thunbergia
• Torvochrimnus
• Tropidothorax
• Zygochrimnus

Child Taxa

• Melanopleurus amnigena
• Melanopleurus aureus
• Melanopleurus barrerai
• Melanopleurus belfragei
• Melanopleurus bicolor
• Melanopleurus bistriangularis
• Melanopleurus brevis
• Melanopleurus complicatus
• Melanopleurus dearmasi
• Melanopleurus fuscosus
• Melanopleurus inflatus
• Melanopleurus maculicorium
• Melanopleurus matucanae
• Melanopleurus nubilus
• Melanopleurus perplexus
• Melanopleurus pyrrhopterus
• Melanopleurus tener
• Melanopleurus tetraspilus
• Melanopleurus vasquezae
• Melanopleurus villai
• Melanopleurus wygodzinskyi

Top Observation Places

• San Bernardino Tlaxcalancingo
• Coyoacán
• Tlalpan
• Magdalena Contreras