Metacanthus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Berytidae
Subfamily: Metacanthinae
Genus: Metacanthus
Costa, 1847
Synonyms[1]
  • Aknisus McAtee, 1919

Metacanthus is a genus of stilt bugs in the family Berytidae. There are more than 20 described species in Metacanthus.[1][2][3][4]

Species

These 26 species belong to the genus Metacanthus:

  • Metacanthus acintus Qi & Nonnaizab, 1992
  • Metacanthus annulosus (Fieber, 1859)
  • Metacanthus antaoensis Lindberg, 1958
  • Metacanthus braggodochio (Fernando, 1960)
  • Metacanthus calvus (McAtee, 1919)
  • Metacanthus concolor White, 1878
  • Metacanthus delhiensis (Menon & Ghai, 1959)
  • Metacanthus elegans Costa, 1847
  • Metacanthus horvathi Stusak, 1964
  • Metacanthus jagoensis Lindberg, 1958
  • Metacanthus lineatus (Jakovlev, 1875)
  • Metacanthus maghrebinus Pericart, 1977
  • Metacanthus meridionalis (Costa, 1843)
  • Metacanthus microphtalmus Stusak, 1965
  • Metacanthus mollis Stusak, 1964
  • Metacanthus multispinus (Ashmead, 1887)
  • Metacanthus nigricapillus Stusak, 1964
  • Metacanthus nitidus Stusak, 1964
  • Metacanthus pectoralis Dallas, 1852
  • Metacanthus pertenerum Breddin, 1907
  • Metacanthus prima (Distant, 1918)
  • Metacanthus pulchellus Dallas, 1852
  • Metacanthus pusillus (Horvath, 1812)
  • Metacanthus tenellus Stal, 1859
  • Metacanthus tenerrimus Bergroth, 1912
  • Metacanthus transvaalensis Stusak, 1963

References

  1. 1 2 "Metacanthus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  2. ↑ "Metacanthus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  3. ↑ Dellapé, Pablo M.; Henry, Thomas J. (2019). "genus Metacanthus Costa, 1847". Lygaeoidea Species File. Retrieved 2019-07-02.

Further reading

  • Henry, Thomas J. (1997). "Monograph of the Stilt Bugs, or Berytidae (Heteroptera), of the Western Hemisphere". Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Washington: 1–149. ISSN 0096-5839.
  • Aukema, Berend; Rieger, Christian, eds. (2001). Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region, Vol. 4: Pentatomorpha I: Aradidae, Lygaeidae, Piesmatidae, Malcidae, Berytidae, Colobathristidae, Largidae, Pyrrhocoridae. The Netherlands Entomological Society. ISBN 978-90-71912-21-4.


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