Macrocephalini

The Macrocephalini are a tribe of ambush bugs, which are a subfamily (Phymatinae) of the assassin bug family (Reduviidae).

Macrocephalini
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Family: Reduviidae
Subfamily: Phymatinae
Tribe: Macrocephalini
Handlirsch, 1897

They have a largely tropical distribution.

Selected genera

  • Extraneza
  • Eurymnus Bergroth, 1917
  • Goellneriana van Doesburg, 2004
  • Glossopelta Handlirsch, 1897
  • Macrocephalus
  • Metagreuocoris Villiers, 1965
  • Narina Distant, 1906
  • Oxythyreus Westwood, 1841
  • Parabotha Kormilev, 1984
  • Paragreuocoris Carayon, 1949
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