Macrocephalus

Macrocephalus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Heteroptera
Family:	Reduviidae
Subfamily:	Phymatinae
Tribe:	Macrocephalini
Genus:	Macrocephalus Swederus, 1787

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]}

Species

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

1. "Macrocephalus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
2. "Macrocephalus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
3. "Macrocephalus genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.

Further reading

• 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.