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Lygaeoidea Species File
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

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
Taxon Valid names
Rank Extant Fossil Invalid Total
subgenus1045
species2305376
subspecies3058