Megalonotus

Megalonotus is a genus of seed bugs in the family Rhyparochromidae.

Species are mostly found in the Palaearctic and Nearctic realms; Megalonotus antennatus, M. chiragra (the type species), M. dilatatus, M. emarginatus, M. praetextatus and M. sabulicola are recorded from the British Isles.

Species

The following species (27 in 2025) belong to the genus Megalonotus:

• Megalonotus antennatus <small>(Schilling, 1829)</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Megalonotus brevicornis <small>(Puton, A., 1883)</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Megalonotus chiragra - type species (as Lygaeus chiragra Fabricius, 1794)
• Megalonotus colon <small>Puton, A., 1874</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Megalonotus dilatatus <small>(Herrich-Schaeffer, 1840)</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Megalonotus dilitatus <small>(Herrich-Schaeffer, 1840)</small><span style="color:gray">^g</span>
• Megalonotus emarginatus <small>(Rey, C., 1888)</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Megalonotus hirsutus <small>Fieber, F.X., 1861</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Megalonotus lederi <small>(Horvath, G., 1880)</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Megalonotus longipilus <small>(Puton, A., 1884)</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Megalonotus maximus <small>(Puton, A. & Noualhier, 1895)</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Megalonotus merus <small>Seidendstucker, 1979</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Megalonotus mixtus <small>(Horvath, G., 1887)</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Megalonotus nitidicollis <small>Puton, A., 1874</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Megalonotus opaconotum <small>(Lindberg, H., 1953)</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Megalonotus parallelus <small>(Horvath, G., 1911)</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Megalonotus praetextatus <small>(Herrich-Schaeffer, G.H.W., 1850)</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Megalonotus puncticollis <small>(Lucas, 1849)</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Megalonotus rugulosus <small>(Linnavuori, R., 1953)</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Megalonotus sabulicola <small>(Thomson, 1870)</small><span style="color:gray">^{i b}</span>
• Megalonotus sabulicolus <small>(Thomson, 1870)</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Megalonotus scaurus <small>Seidenstucker, 1973</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Megalonotus semela <small>Linnavuori, 1970</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Megalonotus setosus <small>Puton, A., 1874</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Megalonotus sophenus <small>Seidenstucker, 1973</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Megalonotus subtilissimus <small>Roubal, 1961</small><span style="color:gray">^g</span>
• Megalonotus tricolor <small>(Horvath, G., 1895)</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>

<small>Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net</small>

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