Megadrymus

Megadrymus terraereginae (male)

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lygaeoidea

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: Lygaeoidea

Familia: Rhyparochromidae
Subfamilia: Rhyparochrominae
Tribus: Drymini
Genus: Megadrymus
Species (8): M. aurorae – M. brigalow – M. brunneus – M. capeyorkensis – M. kakadu – M. refugiensis – M. tenuicornis – M. terraereginae

Name

Megadrymus Gross, 1965

• Original status: valid genus
• Type species: Megadrymus terraereginae Gross, 1965; fixation: original designation (p. 47) [and monotypy]

References

Primary references

• Gross, G.F. 1965. A revision of the Australian and New Guinea Drymini (Heteroptera: Lygaeidae). Records of the South Australian Museum 15(1): 39–78, plates 3–7. BHL Reference page.  [See p. 46]

Additional references

• Cassis, G.; Symonds, C. 2012: Systematics and biology of the Australian seed bug genus Megadrymus Gross (Insecta: Heteroptera: Rhyparochromidae: Drymini). Invertebrate systematics, 26(3): 249–273. DOI: 10.1071/IS11050 Reference page. 
• Cassis, G.; Symonds, C.L. 2014: Megadrymus brigalow n.sp. (Insecta: Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Rhyparochromidae: Drymini), a diminutive new species of seed bug from semi-evergreen vine thicket of the Queensland Brigalow Belt. Zootaxa 3774(6): 596–600. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3774.6.8 Reference page.