# Macrocephalus

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{{Short description|Genus of true bugs}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| taxon = Macrocephalus
| authority = Swederus, 1787
| display_parents = 2
}}

'''''Macrocephalus''''' (meaning "large head") is a genus of [ambush bug](/source/ambush_bug)s in the family [Reduviidae](/source/Reduviidae). There are more than 30 described species in ''Macrocephalus''.<ref name=itis/><ref name=gbif/><ref name=buglink/>

==Species==
These 37 species belong to the genus ''Macrocephalus'':
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* ''[Macrocephalus albinus](/source/Macrocephalus_albinus)'' <small>Tigny, 1801</small>
* ''[Macrocephalus albirostris](/source/Macrocephalus_albirostris)'' <small>Tigny, 1801</small>
* ''[Macrocephalus angustus](/source/Macrocephalus_angustus)'' <small>Westwood, 1842</small>
* ''[Macrocephalus arizonicus](/source/Macrocephalus_arizonicus)'' <small>Cockerell, 1900</small>
* ''[Macrocephalus barberi](/source/Macrocephalus_barberi)'' <small>Evans, 1931</small>
* ''[Macrocephalus bidens](/source/Macrocephalus_bidens)'' <small>Olivier, 1795</small>
* ''[Macrocephalus bimaculatus](/source/Macrocephalus_bimaculatus)'' <small>Olivier, 1795</small>
* ''[Macrocephalus cacao](/source/Macrocephalus_cacao)'' <small>Olivier, 1795</small>
* ''[Macrocephalus cimicoides](/source/Macrocephalus_cimicoides)'' <small>Swederus, 1787</small>
* ''[Macrocephalus coffeae](/source/Macrocephalus_coffeae)'' <small>Billberg, 1820</small>
* ''[Macrocephalus cylindricornis](/source/Macrocephalus_cylindricornis)'' <small>Westwood, 1842</small>
* ''[Macrocephalus dorannae](/source/Macrocephalus_dorannae)'' <small>Evans, 1931</small>
* ''[Macrocephalus elongatus](/source/Macrocephalus_elongatus)'' <small>Lacordaire, 1830</small>
* ''[Macrocephalus fasciatus](/source/Macrocephalus_fasciatus)'' <small>Olivier, 1795</small>
* ''[Macrocephalus gracilis](/source/Macrocephalus_gracilis)'' <small>Handlirsch, 1897</small>
* ''[Macrocephalus hieroglyphicus](/source/Macrocephalus_hieroglyphicus)'' <small>Hope, 1831</small>
* ''[Macrocephalus leucographus](/source/Macrocephalus_leucographus)'' <small>Klug, 1842</small>
* ''[Macrocephalus longicornis](/source/Macrocephalus_longicornis)'' <small>Billberg, 1820</small>
* ''[Macrocephalus lugubris](/source/Macrocephalus_lugubris)'' <small>Olivier, 1795</small>
* ''[Macrocephalus macilentus](/source/Macrocephalus_macilentus)'' <small>Westwood, 1842</small>
* ''[Macrocephalus manicatus](/source/Macrocephalus_manicatus)'' <small>(Fabricius, 1803)</small>
* ''[Macrocephalus marmoreus](/source/Macrocephalus_marmoreus)'' <small>Olivier, 1795</small>
* ''[Macrocephalus murinus](/source/Macrocephalus_murinus)'' <small>Olivier, 1795</small>
* ''[Macrocephalus niveirostris](/source/Macrocephalus_niveirostris)'' <small>Olivier, 1795</small>
* ''[Macrocephalus notatus](/source/Macrocephalus_notatus)'' <small>(Westwood, 1841)</small>
* ''[Macrocephalus obscurus](/source/Macrocephalus_obscurus)'' <small>Westwood, 1842</small>
* ''[Macrocephalus pallidus](/source/Macrocephalus_pallidus)'' <small>Westwood, 1842</small>
* ''[Macrocephalus pulchellus](/source/Macrocephalus_pulchellus)'' <small>Klug, 1842</small>
* ''[Macrocephalus punctatostriatus](/source/Macrocephalus_punctatostriatus)'' <small>Billberg, 1820</small>
* ''[Macrocephalus quadratus](/source/Macrocephalus_quadratus)'' <small>Westwood, 1842</small>
* ''[Macrocephalus rhombiventris](/source/Macrocephalus_rhombiventris)'' <small>Westwood, 1842</small>
* ''[Macrocephalus scriptus](/source/Macrocephalus_scriptus)'' <small>Billberg, 1820</small>
* ''[Macrocephalus similis](/source/Macrocephalus_similis)'' <small>Kormilev, 1972</small>
* ''[Macrocephalus tuberculatus](/source/Macrocephalus_tuberculatus)'' <small>Olivier, 1795</small>
* ''[Macrocephalus tuberosus](/source/Macrocephalus_tuberosus)'' <small>Klug, 1842</small>
* ''[Macrocephalus uhleri](/source/Macrocephalus_uhleri)'' <small>Handlirsch, 1898</small>
* ''[Macrocephalus undulatus](/source/Macrocephalus_undulatus)'' <small>Billberg, 1820</small>
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==References==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name=itis>
{{Cite web| title=''Macrocephalus'' Report
| url=https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=107159
| website=Integrated Taxonomic Information System
| accessdate=2019-09-23
}}</ref>

<ref name=gbif>
{{Cite web| title=''Macrocephalus''
| url=https://www.gbif.org/species/7236797
| website=GBIF
| accessdate=2019-09-23
}}</ref>

<ref name=buglink>
{{Cite web| title=''Macrocephalus'' genus Information
| url=https://bugguide.net/node/view/57912
| website=BugGuide.net
| accessdate=2019-09-23
}}</ref>
}}

==Further reading==
{{refbegin}}
* {{Cite journal
| title = A review of the ambush bugs (Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Phymatinae) of Michigan: identification and additional considerations for two common eastern species
| date = 2013
| last1 = Swanson | first1 = Daniel R.
| journal = The Great Lakes Entomologist
| volume = 46| issue = 3–4| pages = 2
| issn = 0090-0222
| url = https://www.researchgate.net/publication/264332521
}}
* {{Cite book
| title = Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region, Vol. 2: Cimicomorpha I
| date = 1996
| last1 = Péricart | first1 = J.
| last2 = Golub | first2 = V. B.
| editor-last1 = Aukema | editor-first1 = Berend
| editor-last2 = Rieger | editor-first2 = Christian
| publisher = The Netherlands Entomological Society
| isbn = 978-90-71912-15-3
}}
* {{Cite journal
| title = Phylogenetic relationships within the Cimicomorpha (Hemiptera: Heteroptera): a total-evidence analysis
| date = 2009
| last1 = Schuh | first1 = Randall T.
| last2 = Weirauch | first2 = Christiane
| last3 = Wheeler | first3 = Ward C.
| journal = Systematic Entomology
| volume = 34| issue = 1| pages = 15–48
| doi = 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2008.00436.x
| citeseerx=10.1.1.498.8756
}}
{{refend}}

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