''Pseudomegacoelum'' is a genus of mostly European capsid bugs in the

tribe The term tribe is used in many different contexts to refer to a category of human social group. The predominant worldwide usage of the term in English language, English is in the discipline of anthropology. This definition is contested, in p ...

Mirini, erected by Chérot and Malipatil in 2016. The

type species In zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specimen ...

, ''Pseudomegacoelum beckeri'' (previously placed in genus ''

Megacoelum ''Megacoelum'' is a genus of European, African, Asian and Australian capsid bugs in the tribe Mirini, erected by Franz Xaver Fieber in 1858. The species ''Megacoelum infusum'' is recorded from northern Europe including the British Isles ...

'') is recorded from northern Europe including the

British Isles The British Isles are a group of islands in the North Atlantic Ocean off the north-western coast of continental Europe, consisting of the islands of Great Britain, Ireland, the Isle of Man, the Inner and Outer Hebrides, the Northern Isles, ...

.Southwood TRE, Leston D (1959) ''Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles'' Warne.

Species

According to ''BioLib'' the following are included:BioLib.cz
genus ''Pseudomegacoelum'' Chérot & Malipatil, 2016 (retrieved 6 April 2022) # ''

Pseudomegacoelum angustum ''Pseudomegacoelum'' 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 ...

'' (Wagner, 1965) # '' Pseudomegacoelum beckeri'' (Fieber, 1870)
- type species (as ''

Calocoris ''Calocoris'' is a genus of true bugs in the Miridae The Miridae are a large and diverse insect family at one time known by the taxonomic synonym Capsidae. Species in the family may be referred to as capsid bugs or "mirid bugs". Common name ...

beckeri'' Fieber, 1870) # '' Pseudomegacoelum irbilanum'' (Linnavuori, 1988) # '' Pseudomegacoelum quercicola'' (Linnavuori, 1965)

References

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* {{taxonbar, from=Q111515796 Miridae genera Hemiptera of Europe Mirini