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species Geocoris (Geocoris) megacephalus (Rossi, 1790)

• Distribution:
  •  Albania,Austria,Belgium,Bosnia,Bulgaria,Croatia,France,Germany,Greece,Hungary,Italy,Macedonia,Malta,Netherlands,Poland,Romania,Russia,Slovenia,Spain,Yugoslavia,Algeria,Egypt,Libya,Mrocco,Tunisia,Azerbaijan,Afghanistan,Armenia,Turkey,Cyprus,Iran,Iraq,Israel,Jordan,Syria,Uzbekistan(Péricart 2001)
• Ecology:
  • Terrestrial.
• Citations (37):
  • Rossi. 1790. Fauna Etrusca sistens insecta quae in provinciis Florentina & Pisana praesertim collegit Patrus Rossius in Regio pisano Athenaeo. Liburni: Typis Thomae Mosi & Sociorum Praesidum Facultate 2:1332 >> Note: (O.D.) >> Cimex megacephalus    urn:lsid:Lygaeoidea.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:514798
  • Fieber, F.X. 1844. Entomologische Monographien. Leipzig: Verlag von Johann Ambrosius Barth. pp. 1-137 >> Note: Ent. Monogr. p. 121 || (des.) >> Ophthalmicus phaeopterus
  • Fieber, F.X. 1861. Die Europaischen Hemiptera. Halbflugler (Rhynchota Heteroptera). Wien: Gerold vi, 1-444 >> Note: Eur. Hem. p. 176 || (des.; keyed; syn.) >> Ophthalmicus megacephalus
  • Puton, A. 1869. Catalogue des Hemipteres Heteropteres d'Europe. Paris: Deyrolle pp. 1-40 >> Note: Cat. Pal. Hem. 1st ed p. 13 || (syn.) >> Ophthalmicus megacephalus
  • Walker, F. 1872. Catalogue of the specimens of Hemiptera Heteroptera in the collection of the British Museum. London: Part V.:151-152 >> Note: Cat. Hem. Het. B. M. 5: 136 || (syn.; gen. distr.) >> Ophthalmicus megacephalus
  • Puton, A. 1875. Catalogue des Hemipteres (Heteropteres, Cicadines & Psyllides) d'Europe & du Bassin de la Mediterraenee. >> Note: Cat. Hem. Eur. 2nd ed. p. 22. || (pt.) >> Geocoris megacephalus
  • Puton, A. 1879. Synopsis des Hemipteres-Heteropteres de France de la famille des Lygaeides. Mem. Soc. Sci. Lille >> Note: Mem. Soc. Sci. Agr. Lille (4): 6: 296-297 || (des. nt.) >> Geocoris megacephalus
  • Puton, A. 1886. Catalogue des Hemipteres de la faune Palearctique (Heteropteres, Cicadines et Psyllides) >> Note: Cat. Pal. Hem. 3rd ed. p. 23 || (syn.) (pt.) >> Geocoris megacephalus
  • Reuter, O.M. 1888. Acta. Soc. Sci. fenn. 1, 2 15:(1)241-315; (2)443-812 >> Note: Act. Soc. Sci. Fenn. 15: 558 || (extens. syns.) >> Geocoris megacephalus
  • Hueber. 1892. Fauna Germanica: Hemiptera Heteroptera Helft. II. Lygaeides. Ulm: Wagnersche Buchdruckerei pp. >> Note: Fn. Ger. Hem. Het. 2: 186-187 || (syn.; hb. nt.) >> Geocoris megacephalus
  • Puton, A. 1899. Catalogue des Hemipteres (Heteropteres, Cicadines & Psyllides) de la faune palearctique. >> Note: Cat. Pal. Hem. 4th ed. p. 27. || (pt.) >> Geocoris megacephalus
  • Reuter, O.M. 1903. Ent. Tidskr. >> Note: Ent. Tidsk. 24: 74 || (syn. nt.) >> Geocoris megacephalus
  • Oshanin. 1906. Verzeichnis der Palaearktischen Hemipteren. St. Petersburg: Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften 1(1):1-392 >> Note: Verz. Pal. Hem. 1: 278-279. || (pt.) >> Geocoris megacephalus
  • Montandon, A.L. 1907. Bull. Soc. Sci. Bucarest >> Note: Bull. Soc. Sci. Buc. 15: 313-314 || (des.) >> Geocoris megacephalus
  • Oshanin. 1912. Katalog der palaarktischen Hemipteren (Heteroptera, Homoptera-Auchenorhyncha & Psylloideae). Berlin: xvi + 187 pp. >> Note: Kat. Pal. Hem. p. 30 || (syns.) >> Geocoris megacephalus
  • Hesse. 1925. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 23:1-178 >> Note: Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 23: 69 || (type; syn.; var.) >> Geocoris megacephalus
  • Lindberg, H. 1932. Comment. biol., Helsingf. >> Note: Comment. Biol. 3: 19: 31 || (hb. nt.) >> Geocoris megacephalus
  • Stichel, W. 1935. Illustrierte Bestimmungstabellen der Deutschen Wanzen.(Hemiptera-Heteroptera) Lief. 12:331-362 >> Note: Ill. Bst. Deut. Wanz. 3: 70 || (keyed; hab. nt.) >> Geocoris megacephalus
  • Wu. 1935. Catalogus insectorum sinensium 2(1-2):1-634 >> Note: Cat. Ins. Sin. 2: 419. || (pt.) >> Geocoris megacephalus
  • Gulde, J. 1936. Die Wanzen Mitteleuropas. Hemiptera Heteroptera Mitteleuropas. Frankfurt a. M. Teil II; >> Note: Wanz. Mitteleur. 5: 1: 57 || (des.; key ssp.) >> Geocoris megacephalus
  • Stichel. 1938. >> Note: Ill. Bst. Deut. Wanz. 12: 414-415 || (gen. distr.) >> Geocoris megacephalus
  • Hedicke, H. 1942. Die Tierwelt Mitteleuropas (Insekten) 4 3(1):Sect.X:14-113 >> Note: Tier. Mitteleur. 4: 3: 1: 84 || (keyed; distr. nt.) >> Geocoris megacephalus
  • Villiers, A. 1945. Nouv. Atlas Ent. 4(1):1-83 >> Note: Nouv. Atlas d'Ent. 4: 1: 62 || (des.; hb. nt.) >> Geocoris megacephalus
  • Villiers, A. 1952. Hemipteres de L'Afrique Noire (Punaises et Cigales). Instit. Francais D'Afrique Noire 1952:1-256 >> Note: Hem. Afr. Noire p. 116 || (des.; fig.-dv.; distr. nt.) >> Geocoris megacephalus
  • Linnavuori, R. 1953. Ann. Ent. fenn. 19:147-67 >> Note: Ann. Ent. Fenn. 19: 151. >> Geocoris megacephalus
  • Priesner, H.A. & Alfieri. 1953. Bull. Soc. Fouad ler Ent. 37:1-119 >> Note: Bull. Soc. Fouad Ent. 37: 48 || (des. nts.; hb. nts.; col. vars.) >> Geocoris megacephalus
  • Hoberlandt, L. 1956. A. Entomol. Musei Nat. Prague Supp. 3:1-264 >> Note: Act. Ent. Mus. Nat. Pragae 1955: Supp. 3: 112, 258 || (gen. distr.; hb. nt.) >> Geocoris megacephalus
  • Stichel, W. 1958. Illustrierte Bestimmungstabellin der Wanzen. II. Europae (Hemiptera-Heteroptera Europae) Vol. 4 >> Note: Ill. Bst. Eur. Wanz. II: 4: 4: 121-122 || (des.; keyed; key vars.; hab. nt.; fig.-dv.) (also 1959, II: 4: 11: 322-323) >> Geocoris megacephalus
  • Jande. 1959. Res. Bull. Punjab Univ. (ns.) 10:415-17 >> Note: Res. Bull. Panjab Univ. (ns.) 10: 416 || (chromosome no.) >> Geocoris megacephalus
  • Slater, J.A. 1964. A Catalogue of the Lygaeidae of the World. 563-564 >> Geocoris megacephalus
  • Faraci & Rizzoti Vlach. 1995. 41:37 >> Geocoris (Geocoris) megacephalus
  • Kondorosy, Elod. 1999. Folia ent. hung. 60:141 >> Geocoris (Geocoris) megacephalus
  • Péricart. 1999. Faune de France, France et régions limitrophes. 84A, 322, 337-341, 344 >> Note: Description. Ecology. Distribution. >> Geocoris (Geocoris) megacephalus
  • Katbeh, A. Carapezza & Akkawi. 2000. Atti Accademia Roveretana degli Agiati 7 10(B):123 >> Note: [Jordan] >> Geocoris (Geocoris) megacephalus
  • Pericart, J. 2001. In Aukema & Rieger [Ed.]. Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palearctic Region. Volume 4. Pentatomomorpha I. The Netherland Entomological Society 4:88-89 >> Note: Albania,Austria,Belgium,Bosnia,Bulgaria,Croatia,France,Germany,Greece,Hungary,Italy,Macedonia,Malta,Netherlands,Poland,Romania,Russia,Slovenia,Spain,Yugoslavia,Algeria,Egypt,Libya,Mrocco,Tunisia,Azerbaijan,Afghanistan,Armenia,Turkey,Cyprus,Iran,Iraq,Israel,Jordan,Syria,Uzbekistan >> Geocoris (Geocoris) megacephalus
  • Linnavuori, R. 2007. Acta Entomol Musei Nat Prag 47:64 >> Note: [Iran] >> Geocoris (Geocoris) megacephalus
  • Zhou, Y., B Cai & Cuiqing Gao. 2021. Entomotax. 43(1):5 >> Note: as "C. megacephalus" >> Geocoris megacephalus

• synonym angularis Kolenati, 1845
• synonym mediterraneus Puton, 1878
• synonym occipitalis (Dufour *, 1857)
• synonym persicus (Ferrari, 1874)
• synonym siculus (Fieber, 1844)

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