Megalopsallus Explained

Megalopsallus is a genus of plant bugs in the family Miridae. There are at least 30 described species in Megalopsallus.

Species

These 30 species belong to the genus Megalopsallus:

• Megalopsallus atriplicis Knight, 1927
• Megalopsallus brendae Schuh, 2000
• Megalopsallus brittoni Knight, 1927
• Megalopsallus californicus Schuh, 2000
• Megalopsallus ellae Schuh & Schwartz, 2004
• Megalopsallus ephedrae (Knight, 1968)
• Megalopsallus ephedrellus Schuh, 2000
• Megalopsallus femoralis Kelton, 1980
• Megalopsallus flammeus Schuh, 2000
• Megalopsallus froeschneri (Schuh, 1986)
• Megalopsallus humeralis (Van Duzee, 1923)
• Megalopsallus knowltoni (Knight, 1970)
• Megalopsallus latifrons Knight, 1927
• Megalopsallus marmoratus Knight, 1968
• Megalopsallus nicholi (Knight, 1968)
• Megalopsallus nigricaput Schuh, 2000
• Megalopsallus nigrofemoratus (Knight, 1968)
• Megalopsallus nuperus (Van Duzee, 1923)
• Megalopsallus pallidus (Knight, 1968)
• Megalopsallus pallipes (Knight, 1968)
• Megalopsallus parapunctipes Schuh, 2000
• Megalopsallus pictipes (Van Duzee, 1918)
• Megalopsallus punctatus Schuh, 2000
• Megalopsallus punctipes (Knight, 1968)
• Megalopsallus rubricornis (Knight, 1968)
• Megalopsallus rubropictipes Knight, 1927
• Megalopsallus sarcobati (Knight, 1969)
• Megalopsallus schwartzi Schuh, 2000
• Megalopsallus sparsus (Van Duzee, 1918)
• Megalopsallus teretis Schuh, 2000

Further reading

• Revision of the North American Plant Bug Genus Megalopsallus Knight, with the Description of Eight New Species from the West (Heteroptera: Miridae: Phylinae). 2000. Schuh . Randall T.. American Museum Novitates. . 3305. 1–69. 10.1206/0003-0082(2000)305<0001:ROTNAP>2.0.CO;2. 2246/2007. 83980081. free.
• Book: Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region, Vol. 3: Cimicimorpha II: Miridae. 1999. Kerzhner . I. M.. Josifov . M.. Aukema . Berend. Rieger . Christian. The Netherlands Entomological Society. 978-90-71912-19-1.
• Web site: 2019-07-02. On-line Systematic Catalog of Plant Bugs. American Museum of Natural History.
• Phylogenetic relationships within the Cimicomorpha (Hemiptera: Heteroptera): a total-evidence analysis. 2009. Schuh . Randall T.. Weirauch . Christiane. Wheeler . Ward C.. Systematic Entomology. 34. 1. 15–48. 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2008.00436.x. 10.1.1.498.8756. 85422423.