Macrocephalus

Macrocephalus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Hemiptera
Family:Reduviidae
Tribe:Macrocephalini
Genus:Macrocephalus
Swederus, 1787

Macrocephalus is a genus of ambush bugs in the family Reduviidae. There are about nine described species in Macrocephalus.[1][2][3]

Species

These nine species belong to the genus Macrocephalus:

  • Macrocephalus arizonicus Cockerell, 1900 i c g
  • Macrocephalus barberi Evans, 1931 i c g
  • Macrocephalus cimicoides Swederus, 1787 i c g b
  • Macrocephalus dorannae Evans, 1931 i c g b
  • Macrocephalus gracilis Handlirsch, 1897 i c g
  • Macrocephalus manicatus (Fabricius, 1803) i c g
  • Macrocephalus notatus (Westwood, 1841) i g
  • Macrocephalus similis Kormilev, 1972 i c g
  • Macrocephalus uhleri Handlirsch, 1898 i c g

Data sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[4] g = GBIF,[2] b = Bugguide.net[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Macrocephalus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
  2. 1 2 "Macrocephalus". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
  3. 1 2 "Macrocephalus Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
  4. ↑ "Catalogue of Life". Retrieved 2018-04-24.

Further reading

  • Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico (2nd ed.). CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9.
  • Aukema, Berend; Rieger, Christian, eds. (1997). Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region, vol. 2: Cimicomorpha 1. The Netherlands Entomological Society. doi:10.1093/aesa/90.6.866. ISBN 90-71912-15-9.
  • Blatchley, W.S. (1926). Heteroptera, or true bugs of eastern North America, with especial reference to the faunas of Indiana and Florida. Nature Publishing. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.6871.
  • Henry, Thomas J.; Froeschner, Richard C., eds. (1988). Catalog of the Heteroptera, or True Bugs, of Canada and the Continental United States. E. J. Brill. ISBN 0-916846-44-X.
  • 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. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2008.00436.x. ISSN 1365-3113.
  • Swanson, Daniel R. (2018). "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: 2.
  • Walker, Francis (1871). Catalogue of the Specimens of Hemiptera Heteroptera in the Collection of the British Museum, pt. IV. British Museum. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.9254.


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