James Alexander Slater II (born 1945) is an American

Entomologist Entomology () is the scientific study of insects, a branch of zoology. In the past the term "insect" was less specific, and historically the definition of entomology would also include the study of animals in other arthropod groups, such as arach ...

, specializing in

Heteroptera The Heteroptera are a group of about 40,000 species of insects in the order Hemiptera. They are sometimes called "true bugs", though that name more commonly refers to the Hemiptera as a whole. "Typical bugs" might be used as a more unequivocal al ...

(true bugs) in the Family

Lygaeidae The Lygaeidae are a family in the Hemiptera (true bugs), with more than 110 genera in four subfamilies. The family is commonly referred to as seed bugs, and less commonly, milkweed bugs, or ground bugs. However, while many of the species feed on ...

, who erected the genus ''

Melacoryphus ''Melacoryphus'' is a genus of seed bugs in the family Lygaeidae. There are about 11 described species in ''Melacoryphus'', found in Central and North America. Species * ''Melacoryphus admirabilis'' (Uhler, 1872) * ''Melacoryphus circumlitus'' ...

''. As son of entomologist James A. Slater, in order to avoid being confused with his father, he published as Alex Slater.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Slater James Alex II 1945 births Living people American entomologists