Megymenum

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: Dinidoridae
Subfamilia: Megymeninae
Genus: Megymenum
Species (24): M. affine – M. anacanthum – M. aruense – M. basale – M. brevicorne – M. confusum – M. dentatum – M. distanti – M. dohrni – M. gracilicorne – M. lisi – M. megaspinosum – M. mekongum – M. parallelum – M. pratti – M. quadratum – M. rectangulatum – M. salebrosum – M. semivestitum – M. severini – M. spinosum – M. sumatranum – ?M. serratum – M. tuberculatum

Name

Megymenum Guérin-Méneville, 1831: 171

• Type species: Megymenum dentatum Guérin-Méneville, 1831
  • Fixation: By monotypy

Synonyms

• Amaurus Burmeister, 1834: 294 [Synonymized by Burmeister, 1835: 349]
  • Type species: Cimex brevicornis Fabricius, 1787
    • Fixation: By subsequent designation Kirkaldy, 1909: 258
• Pseudaradus Burmeister, 1834: 19, 21 [Synonymized by Burmeister, 1835: 349]
  • Type species: Cimex brevicornis Fabricius, 1787
    • Fixation: By original designation
• Megalymenum Burmeister, 1835: 349. [Unjustified emendation]
• Platydius Westwood, 1835: 446 [Synonymized by Herrich-Schäffer, 1853: 125]
  • Type species: Cimex brevicornis Fabricius, 1787
    • Fixation: By original designation
• Anoplocephala Stål, 1870: 88 [As subgenus of Megymenum ; synonymized by Durai, 1987: 244]
  • Type species: Megymenum semivestitum Vollenhoven, 1868
    • Fixation: By subsequent designation Kirkaldy, 1909: 258
• Pissistes Stål, 1870: 88 [As subgenus of Megymenum ; synonymized by Durai, 1987: 244]
  • Type species: Megymenum gracilicorne Dallas, 1851
    • Fixation: By monotypy

References

Primary references

• Guérin-Méneville, F.E. 1831. Insectes, pp. 57–302 in Duperrey, L.I. Voyage autour du monde: exécuté par ordre du roi, sur la corvette de Sa Majesté, la Coquille, pendant les années 1822, 1823, 1824, et 1825. Tome Second; Deuxième partie. BHL and 21 plates BHL Reference page.  [p. 171]

Additional references

• Hemala, V., Kocorek, A. & Lis, J.A. 2020. Megymenum tuberculatum, a new species of Megymenini from Java and a review of distribution of M. brevicorne (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Dinidoridae). Zootaxa 4808(3): 439–454. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4808.3.2 ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Kocorek, A. & Danielczok-Demska, T. 2002. Comparative morphology of the spermatheca within the family Dinidoridae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera). European Journal of Entomology 99: 91–98. PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Zicha, Ondřej et al. Megymenum Guérin-Méneville, 1831 – Taxon details on Biological Library (BioLib).
• Megymenum Guérin-Méneville, 1831 – Taxon details on Catalogue of Palaearctic Heteroptera.

• Megymenum – Taxon details on Index to Organism Names (ION).
• Megymenum – Taxon details on Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera (IRMNG).
• Nomenclator Zoologicus

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