Pseudomegacoelum Explained

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

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)

Notes and References

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. https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id1813058/ BioLib.cz