Classification > Superfamily
Reduvioidea
> Family
Reduviidae
> Subfamily
Peiratinae
> Genus
Melanolestes
Melanolestes picipes (Herrich-Schaeffer 1848)
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Geographic distribution
Distribution
No economic damages registered
- Argentina
- Córdoba
- Corrientes
Other distribution
Also known from Brazil, Canada, and USA (Coscaron 1983).
- Pirates picipes Herrich-Schaeffer 1848
- Pirates abdominalis Herrich-Schaeffer 1848
- Melanoleptes (sic) pungens Leconte 1855
Carpintero (1981) found adults in caves of Rodentia with Triatoma rubrovaria in Corrientes province, and nymphs V in caves of Gazea sp. attacking nymphs of Triatoma infestans and Triatoma breyeri in Córdoba province.
- CARPINTERO, D.J. 1981. Sobre Reduviidae predatores de Triatominae. Comunicaciones del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia" e Instituto Nacional de Investigacion de las Ciencias Naturales, Entomologia 1(6): 83-92.
- COSCARON, M.C. 1983. NUEVAS CITAS DE DISTRIBUCION GEOGRAFICA PARA LA SUBFAMILIA PEIRATINAE (INSECTA, HETEROPTERA, REDUVIIDAE). Revista de la Sociedad Entomologica Argentina 42(1-4): 369-382.
