Macrocephalini

Macrocephalini
Glossopelta sp.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Reduviidae
Subfamily: Phymatinae
Tribe: Macrocephalini
Handlirsch, 1897

Macrocephalini is a tribe of ambush bugs in the assassin bug family Reduviidae.

Species of the tribe have a largely tropical distribution.

Genera

The following are included in BioLib.cz:[1]

  1. Agdistocoris Kormilev, 1962
  2. Agreuocoris Handlirsch, 1897
  3. Amblythyreus Westwood, 1841
  4. Bakerinia Kormilev, 1962
  5. Cnizocoris Handlirsch, 1897
  6. Diurocoris Maa & Lin, 1956
  7. Doesburgella Rédei & Jindra, 2013[2]
  8. Eurymnus Bergroth, 1917
  9. Extraneza Barber, 1939
  10. Glossopelta Handlirsch, 1897
  11. Goellneriana van Doesburg, 2004
  12. Hoberlandtiana Kormilev & van Doesberg, 1986
  13. Kormilevida van Doesburg, 1997
  14. Lophoscutus Kormilev, 1951
  15. Macrocephalus Swederus, 1787
  16. Metagreuocoris Villiers, 1965
  17. Narina Distant, 1906
  18. Oxythyreus Westwood, 1841
  19. Parabotha Kormilev, 1984
  20. Paragreuocoris Carayon, 1949
  21. Paroxythyreus Jacobs, 2025

References

  1. ^ BioLib.cz: tribus Macrocephalini Handlirsch, 1897 (retrieved 18 March 2026)
  2. ^ RéDei, DáVid; Jindra, ZdeněK (2013-10-11). "A new genus and species of ambush bugs from South Africa (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Phymatinae)". Zootaxa. 3721 (1). doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3721.1.4. ISSN 1175-5334. Retrieved 2025-06-18.
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