Mormidea Amyot & Serville, 1843

Mormidea Amyot & Serville, 1843: XXV, 134-135.

Type Species: Cimex ypsilon Linnaeus, 1758, by subsequent designation (Kirkaldy, 1903).

Mormidea subgenus Melanochila Stål, 1872

Mormidea (Melanochila) Stål, 1872: 19.

Type Species: Cimex lugens Fabricius, 1775, by monotypy.

Included Species:
albisignis Stål, 1872
ambigua Berg, 1891
angustata Stål, 1862
     pulchella Walker, 1868
     lemoulti Bergroth, 1914
bovilla (Distant, 1887)
collaris Dallas, 1851
cornicollis Stål, 1860 - Image of LT
     jheringi Berg, 1891
cubrosa (Dallas, 1851)
     punctifer (Walker, 1867)
     sordidula Stål, 1872
dana Rolston, 1978
decora Walker, 1867
discoidea (Dallas, 1851)
faisana Rolston, 1978
fusca Stål, 1872
     angulosa Stål, 1872
geographica (Fabricius, 1803)
     brevis Walker, 1867
     testacea (Ruckes, 1959)
guatemalensis Rider & Rolston, 1989
hamulata Stål, 1860 - Image of LT
     pullata Berg, 1891
integella (Distant, 1893)
isla Rolston, 1978
laevigata Distant, 1880
lugens (Fabricius, 1775)
     albipes (Fabricius, 1798)
     gamma (Fabricius, 1803)
     punctipes (Palisot de Beauvois, 1811)
     punctipes (Say, 1825)
lunara Rolston, 1978
maculata Dallas, 1851
metallica Stål, 1872
montandoni Kirkaldy, 1902
     bridarollii Pirán, 1963
notulata (Herrich-Schäffer, 1844)
notulifera Stål, 1860 - Image of ST
pama Rolston, 1978
paupercula Berg, 1878
     profana Breddin, 1912
pictiventris Stål, 1862
polita Rider & Rolston, 1989
purpurescens Van Duzee, 1931
rugosa Rolston, 1978
speciosa Haglund, 1868
triangularis (Walker, 1867)
     kirkaldyi Rolston, 1984
vaya Rolston, 1978
v-luteum (Lichtenstein, 1796)
     croceipes (Herrich-Schäffer, 1844)
     aglaeopus Dallas, 1851
     spiculigera Stål, 1860 - Image of ST
     spiculigera var. nigricans Stål, 1860
     spiculigera var. punctipennis Stål, 1860
     spiculigera var. ornata Stål, 1860
     compta (Walker, 1867)
     spegazzini Berg, 1883
     tristis Bergroth, 1891
ypsilon (Linnaeus, 1758)
     ypsilon-aeneus (DeGeer, 1773)
     scutellata (Westwood, 1837)
     inermis Dallas, 1851

Tribal Placement:

Comments:

A new species in the subgenus Melanochila

Mormidea sp. photo courtesy of larvalbug

David A. Rider
Professor of Entomology
North Dakota State University
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Fargo, ND 58105
E-Mail: David.Rider@ndsu.edu

 
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