Macrocephalini

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Macrocephalini
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Family: Reduviidae
Subfamily: Phymatinae
Tribe: Macrocephalini
Handlirsch, 1897

The Macrocephalini are a tribe of ambush bugs, which are a subfamily (Phymatinae) of the assassin bug family (Reduviidae).

They have a largely tropical distribution.

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