Classification
Tree [regio]Heteroptera [subordo]
Lygaeidae [familia]
Lygaeinae [subfamilia]
Melanotelus [genus]
Genus Melanotelus Reuter, 1885 contains the following taxa:
Melanotelus bipunctatus (Dallas, 1852) [species]
Melanotelus villosulus (Stål, 1855) [species]