Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) ➔ Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods) ➔ Class Insecta (Insects) ➔ Order Hemiptera (Hemipterans) ➔ Family Cydnidae (Shieldbugs or burrower bugs)

Macroscytus brunneus (Fabricius, 1803)

Synonyms and other combinations:

Cydnus brunneus Fabricius, 1803 |

  • Macroscytus brunneus 4444
    Macroscytus brunneus (Fabricius, 1803)     
    Macroscytus brunneus, det. Andreas Müller
    ES, Fuerteventura, Jandia; 2011-03-20 09:18:23
    Image number: 4444

    ES, Fuerteventura, Jandia
    2011-03-20 09:18:23
    det. Andreas Müller

Classification:
Macroscytus brunneus belongs to the subfamily Cydninae, tribe Geotomini.

References, further reading, links:
  1. de Jong, Y.S.D.M. (ed.) (2013) Fauna Europaea version 2.6.2 Web Service available online at https://fauna-eu.org/
  2. Lis, Jerzy. (2000). A revision of the burrower-bug genus Macroscytus Fieber, 1860 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Cydnidae). International Journal of Invertebrate Taxonomy – Genus. 11(3). 359-509.
  3. Plant Parasites of Europe