Megalotomus

Megalotomus is a genus of broad-headed bugs in the family Alydidae. There are about eight described species in Megalotomus.[1][2][3][4]

Megalotomus
Megalotomus quinquespinosus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Family: Alydidae
Subfamily: Alydinae
Genus: Megalotomus
Fieber, 1860

Species

These eight species belong to the genus Megalotomus:

  • Megalotomus acutulus Liu & Liu, 1998
  • Megalotomus castaneus Reuter, 1888
  • Megalotomus costalis Stål, 1873
  • Megalotomus junceus (Scopoli, 1763)
  • Megalotomus obtusus Ghauri, 1972
  • Megalotomus ornaticeps (Stål, 1858)
  • Megalotomus quinquespinosus (Say, 1825) (lupine bug)
  • Megalotomus zaitzevi Kerzhner, 1972

References
  1. "Megalotomus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  2. "Megalotomus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  3. Webb, Nick; Eades, David C. (2019). "genus Megalotomus Fieber, 1860". Coreoidea species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2019-07-02.

Further reading
  • Aukema, Berend; Rieger, Christian, eds. (2006). Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region, Vol. 5: Pentatomomorpha II. The Netherlands Entomological Society. ISBN 978-9071912283.


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