Pseudomegacoelum beckeri[1] is a genus of capsid bugs in the tribe Mirini; it is the type species in its new genus,[2] having previously been placed in the genus Megacoelum Fieber, 1858. This species is widespread throughout Europe, including the British Isles, where it can be found on Scots pine: Pinus sylvestris.[3]
Pseudomegacoelum beckeri | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hemiptera |
Suborder: | Heteroptera |
Family: | Miridae |
Subfamily: | Mirinae |
Tribe: | Mirini |
Genus: | Pseudomegacoelum |
Species: | P. beckeri
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Binomial name | |
Pseudomegacoelum beckeri (Fieber, 1870)
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edit- ^ Fieber FX (1870) Dodecas neuer Gattungen und neuer Arten europäischer Hemiptera. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 20: 243--264, pls. 5, 6.
- ^ GBIF: Pseudomegacoelum Cherot & Malipatil
- ^ British Bugs: Megacoelum