Melucha gladiator

Melucha gladiator

Melucha gladiator is a species of flag-footed bug (family Coreidae) known from northern South America and described by Fabricius in 1803. It can be distinguished from other Melucha species as follows: "Antennal segments I to III entirely shiny orange; anterolateral borders of pronotum shiny orange".
Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderHemiptera
FamilyCoreidae
GenusMelucha
SpeciesMelucha gladiator
Photographed in
Peru