Macrocephalus (meaning "large head") is a genus of ambush bugs in the family Reduviidae. There are more than 30 described species in Macrocephalus.[1][2][3]
| Macrocephalus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Family: | Reduviidae |
| Subfamily: | Phymatinae |
| Tribe: | Macrocephalini |
| Genus: | Macrocephalus Swederus, 1787 |
Species edit
These 37 species belong to the genus Macrocephalus:
- Macrocephalus albinus Tigny, 1801
- Macrocephalus albirostris Tigny, 1801
- Macrocephalus angustus Westwood, 1842
- Macrocephalus arizonicus Cockerell, 1900
- Macrocephalus barberi Evans, 1931
- Macrocephalus bidens Olivier, 1795
- Macrocephalus bimaculatus Olivier, 1795
- Macrocephalus cacao Olivier, 1795
- Macrocephalus cimicoides Swederus, 1787
- Macrocephalus coffeae Billberg, 1820
- Macrocephalus cylindricornis Westwood, 1842
- Macrocephalus dorannae Evans, 1931
- Macrocephalus elongatus Lacordaire, 1830
- Macrocephalus fasciatus Olivier, 1795
- Macrocephalus gracilis Handlirsch, 1897
- Macrocephalus hieroglyphicus Hope, 1831
- Macrocephalus leucographus Klug, 1842
- Macrocephalus longicornis Billberg, 1820
- Macrocephalus lugubris Olivier, 1795
- Macrocephalus macilentus Westwood, 1842
- Macrocephalus manicatus (Fabricius, 1803)
- Macrocephalus marmoreus Olivier, 1795
- Macrocephalus murinus Olivier, 1795
- Macrocephalus niveirostris Olivier, 1795
- Macrocephalus notatus (Westwood, 1841)
- Macrocephalus obscurus Westwood, 1842
- Macrocephalus pallidus Westwood, 1842
- Macrocephalus pulchellus Klug, 1842
- Macrocephalus punctatostriatus Billberg, 1820
- Macrocephalus quadratus Westwood, 1842
- Macrocephalus rhombiventris Westwood, 1842
- Macrocephalus scriptus Billberg, 1820
- Macrocephalus similis Kormilev, 1972
- Macrocephalus tuberculatus Olivier, 1795
- Macrocephalus tuberosus Klug, 1842
- Macrocephalus uhleri Handlirsch, 1898
- Macrocephalus undulatus Billberg, 1820
References edit
- ^ "Macrocephalus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Macrocephalus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Macrocephalus genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
Further reading edit
- Swanson, Daniel R. (2013). "A review of the ambush bugs (Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Phymatinae) of Michigan: identification and additional considerations for two common eastern species". The Great Lakes Entomologist. 46 (3–4): 2. ISSN 0090-0222.
- Péricart, J.; Golub, V. B. (1996). Aukema, Berend; Rieger, Christian (eds.). Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region, Vol. 2: Cimicomorpha I. The Netherlands Entomological Society. ISBN 978-90-71912-15-3.
- Schuh, Randall T.; Weirauch, Christiane; Wheeler, Ward C. (2009). "Phylogenetic relationships within the Cimicomorpha (Hemiptera: Heteroptera): a total-evidence analysis". Systematic Entomology. 34 (1): 15–48. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.498.8756. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2008.00436.x.