Megalonotus

Megalonotus is a genus of seed bugs in the family Rhyparochromidae.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Species are mostly found in the Palaearctic and Nearctic realms; Megalonotus antennatus, M. chiragra (the type species^[5]), M. dilatatus, M. emarginatus, M. praetextatus and M. sabulicola are recorded from the British Isles.^[1]

Species

The following species (27 in 2025)^[5] belong to the genus Megalonotus:

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

Data sources: i = ITIS,^[2] c = Catalogue of Life,^[3] g = GBIF,^[1] b = Bugguide.net^[4]

^ ^a ^b ^c "Megalonotus". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
^ ^a ^b "Megalonotus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
^ ^a ^b "Browse Megalonotus". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
^ ^a ^b "Megalonotus Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
^ ^a ^b Lygaeoidea Species File: Megalonotus Fieber, 1861