Macrocephalus

Genus of true bugs

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

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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

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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

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* 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.

Taxon identifiers

Macrocephalus|

* Wikidata: Q10573615
* Wikispecies: Macrocephalus
* BugGuide: 57912
* CoL: 5J9Q
* GBIF: 2008698
* iNaturalist: 133751
* IRMNG: 1305591
* ITIS: 107159
* NCBI: 237221
* Open Tree of Life: 632309

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