The Macrocephalini are a
tribe
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of
ambush bug
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s, which are a
subfamily
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(Phymatinae) of the
assassin bug
The Reduviidae are a large cosmopolitan family of the order Hemiptera (true bugs). Among the Hemiptera and together with the Nabidae almost all species are terrestrial ambush predators: most other predatory Hemiptera are aquatic. The main exampl ...
family
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(Reduviidae).
They have a largely
tropical
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the Southern Hemisphere at S. The tropics are also referred to ...
distribution.
Selected genera
* ''
Extraneza''
* ''
Eurymnus''
Bergroth, 1917
* ''
Goellneriana''
van Doesburg, 2004
* ''
Glossopelta''
Handlirsch, 1897
* ''
Macrocephalus
''Macrocephalus'' is a genus of ambush bugs in the family Reduviidae
The Reduviidae are a large cosmopolitan family of the order Hemiptera (true bugs). Among the Hemiptera and together with the Nabidae almost all species are terrestrial ambus ...
''
* ''
Metagreuocoris''
Villiers, 1965
* ''
Narina''
Distant, 1906
* ''
Oxythyreus
''Oxythyreus'' is a genus of ambush bugs. Species in this genus are known only from southern Africa.
Species include:
* ''Oxythyreus slateri'' Doesburg & Pluot-Sigwalt, 2007
* ''Oxythyreus ruckesi'' Kormilev, 1962
* ''Oxythyreus cylindricornis ...
''
Westwood, 1841
* ''
Parabotha''
Kormilev, 1984
* ''
Paragreuocoris''
Carayon, 1949
References
Reduviidae
Hemiptera tribes
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