Known also from Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, British Guiana, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad, Venezuela, and USA (Coscarón & Carpintero 1993).
Synonyms
Pirates morio Erichson 1848
Pirates picipes Walker 1873
References
COSCARON, M.C. & D.L. CARPINTERO. 1993. Revision of the genus Melanolestes Stal (Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Peiratinae). Entomologca Scandinavica 24: 361-381.