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Megalonotus

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Megalonotus is a genus of seed bugs in the family Rhyparochromidae.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderHemiptera
  5. FamilyRhyparochromidae

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
18
Family
Rhyparochromidae
Collections
UMNH, UPS, INHS, NHMO, NHMUK, MZLU
Recorded in
United States, Tunisia, Norway, Sweden

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Rhyparochromidae
Image
Megalonotus praetextatus (Lygaeidae), Renkum, the Netherlands.jpg
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taxon name
Megalonotus
taxon rank
genus
Commons category
Megalonotus
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Encyclopedic overview

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Megalonotus is a genus of seed bugs in the family Rhyparochromidae.

Species are mostly found in the Palaearctic and Nearctic realms; Megalonotus antennatus, M. chiragra (the type species), M. dilatatus, M. emarginatus, M. praetextatus and M. sabulicola are recorded from the British Isles.

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