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Macrolophus melanotoma |
| Subspecies No subspecies are recognized. Original description Synonyms Phytocoris melanotoma A. Costa, 1853 Macrolophus
melanotoma (A. Costa, 1853)
Macrolophus
caliginosus Wagner, 1951Macrolophus pygmaeus auct. nec Rambur, 1839 (misidentification) Note: M. pygmaeus and M. melanotoma are extremely similar species and their status as separate species has been debated. Martinez-Cascales et al. (2006) have presented data to support the status as bonae species of both taxa. Nevertheless, reliable identification using morphological characters is almost impossible and misidentifications are therefore very frequent. Identification Distribution This species is officially not recorded from Germany. However, since the species pair M. pygmaeus and M. melanotoma are almost impossible to separate using morphological characters, it is possible that the species occurs in Germany, but has been misidentified as M. pygmaeus. Thus, all future records of specimens of this species pair in Germany should be carefully checked for their identity. Biology This page has been updated on April 13, 2013 This site is online since May 31, 2005 Copyright © by Nikola-Michael Prpic-Schäper. All rights reserved. |
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