| Melanotelus | |
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| Melanotelus villosulus, Botswana | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Family: | Lygaeidae |
| Subfamily: | Lygaeinae |
| Genus: | Melanotelus Reuter, 1885 |
Melanotelus is a genus of seed bugs in the family Lygaeidae. There are about six described species in Melanotelus.
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