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Macrocephalus
Sign in to saveMacrocephalus (meaning "large head") is a genus of ambush bugs in the family Reduviidae. There are more than 30 described species in Macrocephalus.
Species
KINGDOM
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassMalacostraca
- OrderAmphipoda
- FamilyOxycephalidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 46
- With media
- 19
- Family
- Reduviidae
- Collections
- USNM, UPRM, SAM, NMSU, OSAC, UCR
- Recorded in
- Mexico, Cuba, Puerto Rico, United States, Dominican Republic
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Phymatinae
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- taxon name
- Macrocephalus
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- genus
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Macrocephalus (meaning "large head") is a genus of ambush bugs in the family Reduviidae. There are more than 30 described species in Macrocephalus.
==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
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