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subgenus

Metacanthus (Metacanthus) Costa, 1847

Type

Berytus meridionalis Costa, 1843 type species by original designation of Metacanthus (Metacanthus) Costa, 1847

Nomenclature (11)

  • Metacanthus Costa, 1847: 258.

    type species by original designation Berytus meridionalis Costa, 1843

  • Megalomerium Fieber, 1859: 210.

    type species by original monotypy Megalomerium pallidum Fieber, 1859

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  • Metacanthus (Metacanthus) Costa, 1847 in Péricart, 2001: 240.
  • Metacanthus (Metacanthus) Costa, 1847 in Cassis & Gross, 2002: 169.

Nomenclature references (8)

  • Cassis, G. & Gross, G.F. (2002) Hemiptera: Heteroptera (Pentatomomorpha). Vol. 27.3B, pp. xiv 737.
  • Costa, A. (1847) Cimicum Regni Neapolitani centuria. Atti Ist. Sci. nat. Napoli, 239–279.
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  • Distant, W.L. (1918) The fauna of British India, including Ceylon & Burma. The fauna of British India, including Ceylon & Burma. Rhynchota Vol. XII. Homoptera: Appendix: Heteroptera: Addenda pp., 1–210.
  • Fieber, F.X. (1859) Dier Familie der Berytidae. 3, 200–210.
  • Henry, T.J. & Froeschner, R.C. (1998) Catalog of the Stilt Bugs or Berytidae of the world (insecta: Hemiptera: Heteroptera). 30(4), 72.
  • Henry, T.J. & Froeschner, R.C. (2000) Corrections and additions to the "Catalog of the Stilt Bugs, or Berytidae, of the world (Insecta: Hemiptera: Heteroptera)". 102(4), 1003–1004.
  • McAtee, W.L. (1919) Key to the Nearctic genera and species of Berytidae (Heteroptera). 27, 79–92.
  • Péricart, J. (2001) Pamily Berytidae Fieber, 1851 - Stilt-bugs. Vol. 4, pp. 230–242.

Descendants and synonyms

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subgenus1045
species2305376
subspecies3058