Revisional notes on the genus Melucha (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Coreidae) Author Brailovsky, Harry Author Barrera, Ernesto text Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 2014 61 1 15 22 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/dez.61.7048 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/dez.61.7048 1860-1324-1 C7480D90-8829-42F5-97B4-F2392F622E3E Melucha lineatella (Fabricius, 1803) Fig. 6 Lygaeus lineatellus Fabricius, 1803: 216. Melucha ruficornis Breddin, 1903: 379-380, syn. n. Type material examined. Melucha ruficornis : female, Bolivia, La Paz, Yungas (DEIC). Taxonomy. Melucha ruficornis Breddin, 1903, was described based on a single female from Bolivia and here is considered a junior synonym of Melucha lineatella (Fabricius, 1803). The holotype of Melucha ruficornis was examined and compared with several specimens of Melucha lineatella . The features considered by Breddin as diagnostic characters like the total length of the body, the shape of the humeral angles, and the color of antennal segments, pronotal disk and hind femora are shared with Melucha lineatella and this reinforces the proposed synonymy. Figures 1-6. Dorsal view of Melucha spp. 1, Melucha aculeata Montandon, 1895 (male). 2, Melucha biolleyi Distant, 1900 (male). 3, Melucha dilatata (Fabricius, 1798) (male). 4, Melucha acutispina Breddin, 1903 (female). 5, Melucha chapadana Brailovsky, 1993 (female). 6, Melucha lineatella (Fabricius, 1798) (male).