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Pseudomegacoelum

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Pseudomegacoelum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Miridae
Subfamily: Mirinae
Tribe: Mirini
Genus: Pseudomegacoelum
Chérot & Malipatil, 2016
Synonyms

Megacoelum Fieber, 1858

Pseudomegacoelum[1] is a genus of mostly European capsid bugs in the tribe Mirini, erected by Chérot and Malipatil in 2016. The type species, Pseudomegacoelum beckeri (previously placed in genus Megacoelum) is recorded from northern Europe including the British Isles.[2]

Species

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According to BioLib the following are included:[3]

  1. Pseudomegacoelum angustum (Wagner, 1965)
  2. Pseudomegacoelum beckeri (Fieber, 1870)
    - type species (as Calocoris beckeri Fieber, 1870)
  3. Pseudomegacoelum irbilanum (Linnavuori, 1988)
  4. Pseudomegacoelum quercicola (Linnavuori, 1965)

References

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  1. ^ Chérot F, Malipatil MB ( 2016) A review of Adelphocoris –Creontiades – Megacoelum complex (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae: Mirini), with descriptions of two new genera and four new species. Zootaxa 4126 (2): 151-206, DOI.
  2. ^ Southwood TRE, Leston D (1959) Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles Warne.
  3. ^ BioLib.cz: genus Pseudomegacoelum Chérot & Malipatil, 2016 (retrieved 6 April 2022)
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  • Data related to Mirini at Wikispecies