Megarrhamphus is a genus of Asian shield bugs[1] in the subfamily Phyllocephalinae and typical of the tribe Megarrhamphini, erected by Ernst Evald Bergroth in 1891.[2]

Megarrhamphus
Megarrhamphus truncatus, Thailand
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Pentatomidae
Subfamily: Phyllocephalinae
Tribe: Megarrhamphini
Genus: Megarrhamphus
Bergroth, 1891
Synonyms

Megarhynchus Laporte, 1833
Megarrhampus Ahmad & Kamaluddin, 1982

Species

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The following are included in BioLib.cz:[3]

  1. Megarrhamphus bengalensis Ahmad & Kamaluddin, 1988
  2. Megarrhamphus fuscus (Vollenhoven, 1868)
  3. Megarrhamphus hastatus (Fabricius, 1803) - type species
  4. Megarrhamphus intermedius (Vollenhoven, 1868)
  5. Megarrhamphus ismaili (Abbasi, 1986)
  6. Megarrhamphus limatus (Herrich-Schäffer, 1851)
  7. Megarrhamphus tibialis Yang, 1934
  8. Megarrhamphus truncatus (Westwood, 1837)

References

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  1. ^ Megarrhamphus Bergroth, 1891 in GBIF Secretariat (2021). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2021-12-02.
  2. ^ Bergroth EE (1891) Rev. Ent. Français, 10.
  3. ^ BioLib.cz: genus Megarrhamphus Bergroth, 1891 (retrieved 2 December 2021)
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