Notes on Megalotomus Fieber, 1860 in the Palaearctic Region (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Alydidae)

Wenbo Yi; Shijun Wang; Hufang Zhang; Wenjun Bu

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5128.2.3

Notes on Megalotomus Fieber, 1860 in the Palaearctic Region (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Alydidae)

Zootaxa. 2022 Apr 20;5128(2):211-224. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5128.2.3.

Authors

Wenbo Yi¹, Shijun Wang², Hufang Zhang³, Wenjun Bu⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biology, Xinzhou Teachers University, Xinzhou 034000, China . user@example.com.
² School of Plant Protection, Shanxi Agriculture University, Taigu 030800, China. user@example.com.
³ Department of Biology, Xinzhou Teachers University, Xinzhou 034000, China . zh_hufang@sohu.com.
⁴ Institute of Entomology, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China . wenjunbu@nankai.edu.cn.

PMID: 36101177
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5128.2.3

Abstract

The Palaearctic species of the genus Megalotomus Fieber, 1860 are reviewed. The diagnoses and distributions of Megalotomus species are updated. Megalotomus angulus (Hsiao, 1965) comb. nov. is transferred from Alydus Fabricius, 1803 and re-described based on type material from China. Megalotomus obtusus Ghauri, 1972 syn. nov. is proposed as a new junior synonym of M. angulus (Hsiao, 1965) comb. nov. based on examination of type material from Pakistan. Photographs of adults and illustrations of male external genitalia are provided. A review of their distribution and a key for their identification are provided.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Animals
Heteroptera*
Male