Massocephalus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pentatomoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Paraneoptera Superordo: Condylognatha Ordo: Hemiptera Subordo: Heteroptera Infraordo: Pentatomomorpha Superfamilia: Pentatomoidea

Familia: Pentatomidae
Subfamilia: Pentatominae
Tribus: Cappaeini
Genus: Massocephalus
Species (2): M. maculatus – M. stysi

Name

Massocephalus Dallas, 1851:230

• Type species: Massocephalus maculatus Dallas, 1851 [By monotypy]

References

Primary references

• Dallas, W.S. 1851. List of the specimens of hemipterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part I. London: Printed by order of the Trustees. pp. 1–368, plates I–XI. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.20373. BHL. Reference page.  [p. 230]

Additional references

• Kirkaldy, G.W. 1909. Notes on the hemipterous genus Oechalia. Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society 2(2): 82–84. BHL Reference page.  [p. 51]
• Rider, D.A. 2006. Family Pentatomidae. p. 233–403, In: Aukema, A. & Rieger, C. (eds). Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region, vol 5. Pentatomomorpha II. The Netherlands Entomological Society, Amsterdam. ResearchGate PDF. Reference page.  [p. 283]
• Rider, D.A. 2008. Massocephalus stysi, a new species of Pentatomidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) from the Philippines. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 48(2): 583–590. PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Zicha, Ondřej et al. Massocephalus Dallas, 1851 – Taxon details on Biological Library (BioLib).
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Massocephalus.
• ION
• Nomenclator Zoologicus
• Massocephalus Classification of Pentatomoidea, North Dakota State University.

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